1913: The Cradle of ModernismISBN: 978-1-4051-6192-3
Paperback
256 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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"While reading Rabatk's book I constantly had in mind Theodor
Adorno's remark to Walter Benjamin about the latter's habit of
'occult adjacentism'. Adorno, of course, meant this as a
damning criticism of his friend's method in the Arcades
project, but it beautifully describes the effect of 1913 and its
kaleidoscopic presentation of a world that
troublingly-uncannily-intimates our own." (MLR, April
2009)
"With this book Jean-Michel Rabaté, one of the foremost scholars of literary modernism, serves up a sumptuous intellectual feast. Examining the currents of thought and creative activity that churn through a single year, the 1913 of his title, he achieves an epic overview of early modernism. Music, painting, technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, literature, sexuality--nothing escapes his probing gaze. Telling anecdotes, insightful criticism, and philosophical rigour are combined to produce a work that is both a pleasure to read and a major scholarly synthesis."
Lawrence Rainey, University of York
"With this book Jean-Michel Rabaté, one of the foremost scholars of literary modernism, serves up a sumptuous intellectual feast. Examining the currents of thought and creative activity that churn through a single year, the 1913 of his title, he achieves an epic overview of early modernism. Music, painting, technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, literature, sexuality--nothing escapes his probing gaze. Telling anecdotes, insightful criticism, and philosophical rigour are combined to produce a work that is both a pleasure to read and a major scholarly synthesis."
Lawrence Rainey, University of York
“This book’s clarity and specificity will reward
even readers familiar with his topics. Summing Up: Highly
recommended.”
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