Modernism
The Lure of Heresy
Published on 16. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-0-393-33396-1 (ISBN)
Description
Peter Gay explores the shocking modernist rebellion that, beginning in the 1840s, transformed art, literature, music, and film. Modernism presents a thrilling pageant of heretics that includes Oscar Wilde, Pablo Picasso, D. W. Griffiths, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, Walter Gropius, Arnold Schoenberg, and (of course!) Andy Warhol.
Reviews / Votes
"It's done so gracefully, and engagingly, that even as I raced to finish before our interview, I couldn't make myself skim." -- Katie Bolick - Boston Globe "A masterful work of cultural history . . . and it's truly a pleasure to read." -- Mia Fineman - Slate "A sweeping survey . . . offering shrewd analyses." -- William Grimes - The New York Times "Peter Gay is perhaps our leading historian of culture and ideas." -- Tim Rutten - Los Angeles Times "An ambitious survey . . . [by] a superior popularizer." -- Michael Dirda - Washington PostMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
16 pages of four-color illustrations and 92 black-and-white illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
890 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-33396-1 (9780393333961)
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05/2013
W. W. Norton & Company
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Person
Peter Gay (1923-2015) was the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time.