Gay, Peter, 1923-2015.

Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond / Peter Gay. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, 2010, c2008. - xxii, 610 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-563) and index.

Traces the rise of Modernism from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to its end in the wake of the development of Pop Art, analyzing its influences on the fields of literature, poetry, music, and art and profiling key figures.

9780393333961 (pbk.) 0393333965 (pbk.)


Modernism (Aesthetics)
Arts, Modern--19th century.
Arts, Modern--20th century.
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Arts.

NX 454.5 .M63 / G39 2010