Modernism's Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance

by Carrie J Preston

Book Overview

The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, Modernism's Mythic Pose argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology.

The touchstone of Preston's study is Delsartism--the popular transnational movement which promoted mythic statue--posing, poetic recitation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199384584
• ISBN13: 9780199384587
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"