Manet, Flaubert and the Emergence of Modernism weaves together art history and literary criticism in a joint study of the canonical 'fathers' of modernism. In this work, Arden Reed contests the Greenbergian view that equates modernism with purity of formal means. Modernism, he argues, is a matter of genre bending, hybridization, as well as movements between text and image. Focusing on key works by Manet and Flaubert, Reed articulates a novel understanding of the cultural imagination of early modernism. He shows how Manet ...
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Manet, Flaubert and the Emergence of Modernism weaves together art history and literary criticism in a joint study of the canonical 'fathers' of modernism. In this work, Arden Reed contests the Greenbergian view that equates modernism with purity of formal means. Modernism, he argues, is a matter of genre bending, hybridization, as well as movements between text and image. Focusing on key works by Manet and Flaubert, Reed articulates a novel understanding of the cultural imagination of early modernism. He shows how Manet and Flaubert actively mix and contaminate their work: Flaubert with images, Manet with narration. Moreover, Reed extends the argument to the twentieth century, claiming we cannot understand twentieth century modernism so long as we remain locked within single disciplines.
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Near Fine in VG+ jacket. Near Fine in boards ion a Very Good dj which has some creasing to the front flap. 347 pages, illustrated. Though not stated, this copy is from the library of the late Peter Schjeldahl.
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F/F. 0521815053. Fine in a fine DJ., No markings or names.; Inscribed by the author on the title page. Author focuses on genre bending and hybridization as the basis of modernism.; Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism; Royal 8vo; 372 p.; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine. Pink DJ with color illustration. Blue cloth boards with silver spine titles. xvi, 347 pp. 9 color plates, 85 B&W figures in text. "Manet, Flaubert, and the Emergence of Modernism weaves together art history and literary criticism in a joint study of the canonical "fathers" of modernism. In this work, Arden Reed contests the Greenbergian view that equates modernism with purity of formal means. Modernism, he argues, is a matter of genre bending and hybridization, as well as movements between text and image..."-Book jacket.