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The First Moderns
William R. Everdell
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Description for The First Moderns
Paperback. This history of modernism is filled with portraits of genius and intellectual breakthroughs that evoke the "fin-de-siecle" atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St Louis and St Petersburg. This book offers readers a look at the unfolding of an age. Num Pages: 514 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
A lively and accessible history of Modernism, The First Moderns is filled with portraits of genius, and intellectual breakthroughs, that richly evoke the fin-de-siècle atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg. William Everdell offers readers an invigorating look at the unfolding of an age.
"This exceptionally wide-ranging history is chock-a-block with anecdotes, factoids, odd juxtapositions, and useful insights. Most impressive. . . . For anyone interested in learning about late 19th- and early 20th- century imaginative thought, this engagingly written book is a good place to start."—Washington Post Book World
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A lively and accessible history of Modernism, The First Moderns is filled with portraits of genius, and intellectual breakthroughs, that richly evoke the fin-de-siècle atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg. William Everdell offers readers an invigorating look at the unfolding of an age.
"This exceptionally wide-ranging history is chock-a-block with anecdotes, factoids, odd juxtapositions, and useful insights. Most impressive. . . . For anyone interested in learning about late 19th- and early 20th- century imaginative thought, this engagingly written book is a good place to start."—Washington Post Book World
"The First Moderns brilliantly maps the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
514
Condition
New
Number of Pages
509
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226224817
SKU
V9780226224817
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