Modernism's mythic pose: gender, genre, solo performance

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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.…

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Full title :Modernism's mythic pose : gender, genre, solo performance / Carrie J. Preston.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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In ACLS Humanities E-Book.

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (xiv, 357 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199877447, 0199877440
oclc:on1139159719
LC Classification:PS310.M57
Dewey Decimal:700/.4112

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.

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American literature American literature -- Classical influe… American poetry American poetry -- 20th century American poetry -- History and criticis… ART -- Performance ART -- Reference Art, Modern -- Classical influences Criticism, interpretation, etc Dance Dance -- History -- 19th century. -- Un… Dance -- History. -- United States Danse -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. -- Éta… Danse -- Histoire. -- États-Unis e-books History Littérature américaine Littérature américaine -- Influence anc… Livres numériques Modernism (Art)