Modernism and mimesis

by Dowden, Stephen D.

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Title Statements

Full title :Modernism and mimesis / Stephen D. Dowden.

Summary

This book offers a bold new view of the way in which modernist fiction, painting, music, and poetry are interlinked. Dowden shows that modernism, contrary to a longstanding view, did not turn away from mimesis. Rather, modernism operates according to a deepened understanding of what mimesis is and how it works, which in turn occasions a fresh look at other related dimensions of the modernist achievement. Modernism is neither "difficult" nor elitist. Instead, it trends toward simplicity, directness, and common culture. Dowden argues that naïveté rather than highbrow sophistication was for the modernists a key artistic principle. He demonstrates that modernism, far from glorifying subjective creativity, directs itself toward healing the split between subject and object. Mimesis closes this gap by resolving representation into play and festivity.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:Cham, Switzerland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:ix, 283 pages : : color illustrations ; : 22 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:3030531333, 9783030531331
oclc:on1158197173
LC Classification:PN56.M536
Dewey Decimal:700.4112

Subjects

Mimesis Mimêsis dans la littérature Mimêsis dans la musique Mimesis in art Mimesis in literature Mimesis in music Modernism (Art) Modernism (Literature) Modernism (Music) Modernisme (Art) Modernisme (Littérature) Modernisme (Musique)