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631115
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Murphy, Richard, (Richard John)
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Theorizing the avant-garde : : modernism, expressionism, and the problem of postmodernity /\ Richard Murphy
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| Series Statement
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Literature, culture, theory ;; 32
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viii, 325 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0521632919
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: 9780521632911
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: 0521648696
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: 9780521648691
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-313) and index
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| Contents
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Theories of the avant-garde -- Re-writing the discursive world: revolution and the expressionist avant-garde -- Counter-discourses of the avant-garde: Jameson, Bakhtin and the problem of realism -- The poetics of hysteria: expressionist drama and the melodramatic imagination -- Kafka's photograph of the imaginary. Dialogical interplay between realism and the fantastic. (The metamorphosis) -- Weimar silent film and expressionism: representational instability and oppositional discourse in The cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- Conclusion. Postmodernism and the avant-garde
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In Theorizing the Avant-Garde: Modernism, Expressionism, and the Problem of Postmodernity, Richard Murphy mobilizes 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, Bloch and Burger, especially their discussion of aesthetic autonomy, and investigates the relationship between art and politics via a discussion of Marcuse, Adorno and Benjamin
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Combining close textual readings of a wide range of works of literature as well as films, 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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Literature, Modern-- 20th century-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
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Modernism (Literature)
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Expressionism in literature
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Avant-garde (Esthétique)
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Expressionnisme dans la littérature
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Littérature - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique - Théorie, etc
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Modernisme (Littérature)
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| Dewey Classification
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809/.911
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PN771.M87 1999
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