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The Differentiation of Modernism
Professor Larson Powell
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Description for The Differentiation of Modernism
Hardcover. The Differentiation of Modernism analyzes the phenomenon of intermediality in German radio plays, film music, and electronic music of the late modernist period (1945-1980). Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; AP; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
The Differentiation of Modernism analyzes the phenomenon of intermediality in German radio plays, film music, and electronic music of the late modernist period (1945-1980). After 1945, the purist "medium specificity" of high modernism increasingly yielded to the mixed forms of intermediality. Theodor Adorno dubbed this development a "Verfransung," or "fraying of boundaries," between the arts. TheDifferentiation of Modernism analyzes this phenomenon in German electronic media arts of the late modernist period (1945-80): in radio plays, film music, and electronic music. The first part of the book begins with a chapter on Adorno's theory of radio as an instrument of ... Read more
The Differentiation of Modernism analyzes the phenomenon of intermediality in German radio plays, film music, and electronic music of the late modernist period (1945-1980). After 1945, the purist "medium specificity" of high modernism increasingly yielded to the mixed forms of intermediality. Theodor Adorno dubbed this development a "Verfransung," or "fraying of boundaries," between the arts. TheDifferentiation of Modernism analyzes this phenomenon in German electronic media arts of the late modernist period (1945-80): in radio plays, film music, and electronic music. The first part of the book begins with a chapter on Adorno's theory of radio as an instrument of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135728
SKU
V9781571135728
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About Professor Larson Powell
Larson Powell is Curator's Professor of Film Studies at University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Reviews for The Differentiation of Modernism
[D]ense and thought-provoking . . . . Powell's meta-formalist readings of his chosen canon [are] always thought-provoking and at times brilliant.
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