Romance in the time of modernism : a literature of silence /
This book is a comparative analysis of classic texts of the Western canon, with each text grounded on a modernist version of love. As the aesthetic of modernism is still an aesthetic of sublime, romance becomes a tale of beauty and terror.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2025].
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| Summary: | This book is a comparative analysis of classic texts of the Western canon, with each text grounded on a modernist version of love. As the aesthetic of modernism is still an aesthetic of sublime, romance becomes a tale of beauty and terror. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 109 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-106) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781666967524 1666967521 |