Mosaic modernism : anarchism, pragmatism, culture /

Mosaic modernism : anarchism, pragmatism, culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Kadlec, David.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2000]
Series:New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
Subjects:
20th century
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Modernism (Literature)
Intellectual life.
Civilization.
American literature > English influences.
Pragmatism in literature.
Anarchism in literature.
United States.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Civilization > 20th century.
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Summary:David Kadlec examines the anarchist and pragmatist origins of modernism as a literary/cultural phenomenon. Offering an account of modernism's political genesis, he shows that the mosaic, improvisational tendencies of modern literature shared a common ancestry with emerging conceptions of cultural identity.
Physical Description:331 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-315) and index.
ISBN:0801864380

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