Modernism's mythic pose : gender, genre, solo performance /
The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, this book argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology. The touch...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Modernist literature & culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, this book argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology. The touchstone of this study is Delsartism - the popular transnational movement which promoted mythic statue-posing, poetic recitation, and other hybrid solo performances for health and spiritual development. Delsartism shaped modernist performances, genres, and ideas of gender. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199877447 0199877440 9781283427784 1283427788 9780190252847 0190252847 |