Anarchy and Culture
Aesthetic Politics of Modernism
Published on 15. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
313 pages
978-1-55849-084-0 (ISBN)
Description
This study examines the affinity for anarchism that developed among late 19th-century writers, and shows that anarchism is the key aesthetic principle informing the work of modernist figures. Weir concludes that anarchism is still with us as cultural condition, if not a political one.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
413 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55849-084-0 (9781558490840)
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DAVID WEIR is associate professor of comparative literature and director of foreign language programs at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.