Poets, Prophets, and Revolutionaries: The Literary Avant-Garde from Rimbaud Through Postmodernism

by Charles Russell

Book Overview

Beginning with a general discussion of the theory and historical background of the avant-garde, Russell examines the major figures and movements, from Rimbaud, Apollinaire, and Italian futurism, to the post-modernist writers Burroughs, Robbe-Grillet, and Pynchon. Highly informative and intellectually powerful, this volume places the avant-garde in the context of other major aesthetic movements, providing an invaluable perspective on the entire range...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195050789
• ISBN13: 9780195050783
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.9"