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Classicism of the twenties : music, art, and literature /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ziolkowski, Theodore (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Classicism in art > History > 20th century.
Classicism in literature > History > 20th century.
Classicism in music > History > 20th century.
Nineteen twenties.
ART > History > General.
Table of Contents:
  • The theory
  • Prewar classicism
  • Classicism as term
  • Classicism as reaction
  • Prewar classicism
  • An ironic retrospective
  • Classicism of the twenties
  • Wartime transitions
  • The turning point
  • The dissemination
  • The turn to antiquity
  • The practice
  • Three exemplary figures
  • The composer : Igor Stravinsky
  • The artist : Pablo Picasso
  • The writer : T.S. Eliot
  • Summary
  • Test cases
  • The writers: James Joyce ; Jean Cocteau ; Hans Henny Jahnn ; Paul Valéry
  • The artists: Giorgio de Chirico ; Gino Severini, Fernand Léger, and others ; Francis Picabia
  • The composers: Paul Hindemith ; Alfredo Casella
  • Conclusions
  • Classicism of the twenties?