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Theorizing the avant-garde: modernism, expressionism, and the problem of postmodernity
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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:38 authored by Richard MurphyIn Modernism, Expressionism and Theories of the Avant Garde, Richard Murphy mobilises theories of the postmodern to challenge our understanding of the avant-garde. He assesses the importance of the avant-garde for contemporary culture and for the debates among theorists of postmodernism such as Jameson, Eagleton, Lyotard and Habermas. Murphy reconsiders the classic formulation of the avant-garde in Lukacs and Bloch, especially their discussion of aesthetic autonomy, and investigates the relationship between art and politics via a discussion of Marcuse, Adorno and Benjamin. Combining close textual readings of a wide range of films as well as works of literature, it draws on a rich array of critical theories, such as those of Bakhtin, Todorov, MacCabe, Belsey and Raymond Williams. This interdisciplinary project will appeal to all those interested in modernist and avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century, and provides a critical rethinking of the present-day controversy regarding postmodernity.
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- Published
Publisher
Cambridge University PressIssue
32Pages
336.0ISBN
9780521632911Series
Literature, Culture, TheoryDepartment affiliated with
- English Publications
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Series: Literature Culture and Theory. (Simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions).Full text available
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