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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60543415 Title: Paradoxy of modernism Author: Robert Scholes Publisher: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006. ISBN/ISSN: 0300108206 9780300108200 OCLC:60543415

  
  

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Paradoxy of modernism

Author:	Robert Scholes
Publisher:	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	In this lively, personal book, Robert Scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts during the crucial half-century from 1895 to 1945. While critics of and apologists for modernism have defined modern art and literature in terms of binary oppositions{u2014}high/low, old/new, hard/soft, poetry/rhetoric{u2014}Scholes contends that these distinctions are in fact confused and misleading. Such oppositions are instances of ?paradoxy????????an apparent clarity that covers real confusion. Closely examining specific literary texts, drawings, critical writings, and memoirs, Scholes seeks to complicate the neat polar oppositions attributed to modernism. He argues for the rehabilitation of works in the middle ground that have been trivialized in previous evaluations, and he fights orthodoxy with such paradoxes as ?durable fluff,? ?formulaic creativity,? and ?iridescent mediocrity.? The book reconsiders major figures like James Joyce while underscoring the value of minor figures and addressing new attention to others rarely studied. It includes illustrations of the artworks discussed. Filled with the observations of a personable and witty guide, this is a book that opens up for a reader{u2019}s delight the rich cultural terrain of modernism.  Read more...
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Subjects	Modernism (Art) Modernism (Literature) Arts, Modern -- 20th century. View all subjects
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