224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Modernism can be characterised by the acute attention it gives to language, to its potential and its limitations. Philosophers, artists and literary critics working in the first third of the twentieth century emphasized language’s creative potential, but also stressed its inability to express meaning completely and accurately. In particular, modernists shared the belief that the kind of... Read more
Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Two Genealogies of Modernism Part 1. Acting, Not Speaking: Three Moments of Modernism Part 2. Pre-Modernism: The Right Turn that Went Wrong Epilogue: Words and Dogmas Notes Bibliography Name Index
Biography
Anat Matar is a senior lecturer at Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
