Modernism and the Aesthetics of Violence
Author | : Paul Sheehan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2013-06-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107036833 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107036836 |
Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Modernism and the Aesthetics of Violence by : Paul Sheehan
Download or read book Modernism and the Aesthetics of Violence written by Paul Sheehan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the subject of violence as it features in celebrated modernist works from the early twentieth century. It traces the modernist fascination with violence back to the middle decades of the nineteenth century, when certain writers in France and England sought to celebrate dissident sexualities and stylized criminality.