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.
- ISBN10 0231075766
- ISBN13 9780231075763
- Publish Date 1 January 1994
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 January 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Columbia University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 170
- Language English