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The Five Paradoxes of Modernity

The Five Paradoxes of Modernity

Hardback (08 Sep 1994)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This treatise on modernism and postmodernism establishes that modernists' faith in the cult of novelty inevitably led to its destruction. Exploring the paradoxical nature of the modernist tradition in literature and the arts, the author considers its aesthetic and moral contradictions.

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Columbia University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780231075763
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 709.04
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 170
Weight: 360g
Height: 217mm
Width: 145mm
Spine width: 12mm