| Description |
383 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction Yesterday, today and tomorrow -- 1. Goethe's Faust: the tragedy of development -- 2. All that is solid melts into air: Marx, modernism and modernization -- 3. Baudelaire: modernism in the streets -- 4. Petersburg: the modernism of underdevelopment -- 5. In the forest of symbols: some notes on modernism in New York |
| Summary |
The experience of modernisation - the social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world - and modernism in art, literature and architecture are integrated in this account |
| Analysis |
Literature Special themes Social change |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- 19th century.
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Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.
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Social change in literature.
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| LC no. |
81016640 |
| ISBN |
067124602X |
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