| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Modernist literature & culture |
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Modernist literature & culture.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The solo's origins: monodramas, attitudes, dramatic monologues -- Posing modernism: Delsartism in modern dance and silent film -- Positioning genre: the dramatic monologue in cultures of recitation -- The motor in the soul: Isadora Duncan's solo dance -- Ritualized reception: H.D.'s antimodernist poetics and cinematics |
| Summary |
The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, this book argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology. The touchstone of this study is Delsartism - the popular transnational movement which promoted mythic statue-posing, poetic recitation, and other hybrid solo performances for health and spiritual development. Delsartism shaped modernist performances, genres, and ideas of gender |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Dance -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States
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Modernism (Art) -- United States
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American literature -- Classical influences
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Art, Modern -- Classical influences
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ART -- Performance.
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ART -- Reference.
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American literature -- Classical influences
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American poetry
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Art, Modern -- Classical influences
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Dance
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Modernism (Art)
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Modernism (Literature)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011014568 |
| ISBN |
9780199877447 |
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0199877440 |
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9781283427784 |
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1283427788 |
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9780190252847 |
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0190252847 |
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