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Author Ziolkowski, Theodore

Title Classicism of the Twenties: Art, Music, and Literature
Published [Place of publication not identified] : University of Chicago Press (Bibliovault), 2014

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Contents List of Figures -- Preface -- Part 1: The Theory -- 1. Prewar Classicism -- 2. Classicism of the Twenties -- Part 2: The Practice -- 3. Three Exemplary Figures -- Part 3: Test Cases -- 4. The Writers -- 5. The Artists -- 6. The Composers -- Part 4: Conclusions -- 7. Classicism of the Twenties? -- Notes -- Index
Summary The triumph of avant-gardes in the 1920s tends to dominate our discussions of the music, art, and literature of the period. But the broader current of modernism encompassed many movements, and one of the most distinct and influential was a turn to classicism. In Classicism of the Twenties, Theodore Ziolkowski offers a compelling account of that movement. Giving equal attention to music, art, and literature, and focusing in particular on the works of Stravinsky, Picasso, and T.S. Eliot, he shows how the turn to classicism manifested itself. In reaction both to the excesses of neoromanticism and early modernism and to the horrors of World War I-and with respectful detachment-artists, writers, and composers adapted themes and forms from the past and tried to imbue their own works with the values of simplicity and order that epitomized earlier classicisms. By identifying elements common to all three arts, and carefully situating classicism within the broader sweep of modernist movements, Ziolkowski presents a refreshingly original view of the cultural life of the 1920s
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Subject Classicism in art -- History -- 20th century
Classicism in literature -- History -- 20th century
Classicism in music -- History -- 20th century
Nineteen twenties.
ART -- Performance.
ART -- Reference.
Classicism in art
Classicism in literature
Classicism in music
Nineteen twenties
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226184036
022618403X