Author : Bjørn J. Tysdahl
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 39,38 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
This collection of essays by distinguished scholars from six countries traces the criss-crossing of influence between the English-speaking and Nordic world during the Modernist period. It demonstrates how authors like Ibsen and Hamsun contribute to t
Author : Mats Jansson
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
This important collection of essays explores the growth and development of Nordic Modernisms in a European context. Modernism is a truly international movement that cuts across many boundaries - geographical, cultural, and linguistic. Modernism invol
Author : Mats Jansson
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 21,72 MB
Release : 2008
Category : European literature
ISBN :
Modernism is a truly international movement that cuts across many boundaries - territorial, political, cultural, and linguistic. Its geographical and temporal scope make it one of the most prominent fields of literary study. The essays in this book compare Modernist features of the Nordic literatures with the modernizing works and movements of the rest of twentieth-century Europe. The contributors situate the concept of Modernism in a pan-European context, and discuss how a range of texts respond to, and thus represent, facets of European Modernism at widely different moments - not least in the period following the second world war. In addition to studies of individual Nordic authors, the aspects of Modernism explored here include its response to war, the relationship between verbal and pictorial art, and Modernisms impact on later Nordic and European writers
Author : Pericles Lewis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521199417
A broad, accessible account of European modernism as a truly cosmopolitan movement.
Author : William C Miller
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,48 MB
Release : 2016-08-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1785002376
Modernism was instrumental in the development of twentieth and twenty-first century Scandinavian architecture, for it captured a progressive, urbane character that was inextricably associated with, and embraced the social programmes of the Nordic welfare states. Recognized internationally for its sensitivity and responsiveness to place and locale, and its thoughtful use of materials and refined detailing, Nordic architecture continues to evolve and explore its modernist roots. This new book covers the romantic and classical architectural foundations of Nordic modernism; the development of Nordic Functionalism; the maturing and expansion of Nordic modern architecture in the post-war period; international influences on Scandinavian modernism at the end of the twentieth century and finally, the global and local currents found in contemporary Nordic architecture. Superbly illustrated with 100 colour images.
Author : Paul Poplawski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313016577
Modernism is still widely acknowledged as perhaps the most important and influential artistic and cultural phenomenon of the 20th century. Written by expert scholars from around the world and covering hundreds of different topics in a clear, incisive, and critical manner, this reference maps the complex field of modernism in a fresh and original way. The principal focus of the book is on English-language literary modernism and the period 1890-1939, yet many entries extend beyond those parameters to include important precursors and successors of the movement. The book also covers the crucial European and interdisciplinary dimensions of modernism and provides complementary comparative perspectives from countries and regions not usually included in traditional accounts of the subject. Entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.
Author : Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,99 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art, Finnish
ISBN :
Including the substantial contributions made by Finnish women artists, this survey is presented in colour. It features: more than two hundred reproductions; bibliography; maps; essays, which explore the fundamental role that art played in shaping a senseof national identity, in fin-de-siecle Finland; and the Lake Keitele by a Finnish artist.
Author : Charlotte Ashby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 27,26 MB
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Design
ISBN : 1474224326
Scandinavia is a region associated with modernity: modern design, modern living and a modern welfare state. This new history of modernism in Scandinavia offers a picture of the complex reality that lies behind the label: a modernism made up of many different figures, impulses and visions. It places the individuals who have achieved international fame, such as Edvard Munch and Alvar Aalto in a wider context, and through a series of case studies, provides a rich analysis of the art, architecture and design history of the Nordic region, and of modernism as a concept and mode of practice. Modernism in Scandinavia addresses the decades between 1890 and 1970 and presents an intertwined history of modernism across the region. Charlotte Ashby gives a rationale for her focus on those countries which share an interrelated history and colonial past, but also stresses influences from outside the region, such as the English Arts and Crafts movement and the impact of emergent American modernism. Her richly illustrated account guides the reader through key historical periods and cultural movements, with case studies illuminating key art works, buildings, designed products and exhibitions.
Author : Astradur Eysteinsson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9027292043
The two-volume work Modernism has been awarded the prestigious 2008 MSA Book Prize! Modernism has constituted one of the most prominent fields of literary studies for decades. While it was perhaps temporarily overshadowed by postmodernism, recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in modernism on both sides of the Atlantic. These volumes respond to a need for a collective and multifarious view of literary modernism in various genres, locations, and languages. Asking and responding to a wealth of theoretical, aesthetic, and historical questions, 65 scholars from several countries test the usefulness of the concept of modernism as they probe a variety of contexts, from individual texts to national literatures, from specific critical issues to broad cross-cultural concerns. While the chief emphasis of these volumes is on literary modernism, literature is seen as entering into diverse cultural and social contexts. These range from inter-art conjunctions to philosophical, environmental, urban, and political domains, including issues of race and space, gender and fashion, popular culture and trauma, science and exile, all of which have an urgent bearing on the poetics of modernity.
Author : Mark Wollaeger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199324700
The Oxford Handbook of Global Modernisms expands the scope of modernism beyond its traditional focus on English and Irish literature to explore the contributions of artists from countries and regions like the US, Cuba, Spain, the Balkans, China, Japan, India, Vietnam, and Nigeria.
