Modernism's Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance (Modernist Literature and Culture) Tapa dura - 2011

Oxford University Press. NF. 2011. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. Modernist Literature And Culture. 9.5 X 1.4 X 6.7 inches. 384 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .

Modernist Literature & Culture. First printing. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.75", is bound in black paper spine and boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is preserved in mylar. xiv/357 pages.
"The ancient world served as an unconventional source of inspiration for a generation of modernists. Drawing on examples from literature, dance, photography, and film, "Modernism's Mythic Pose" argues that a strain of antimodern-classicism permeates modernist celebrations of novelty, shock, and technology.
The touchstone of Preston's study is Delsartism--the popular transnational movement which promoted mythic statue--posing, poetic recitation, and other hybrid solo performances for health and spiritual development. Derived from nineteenth-century acting theorist François Delsarte and largely organized by women, Delsartism shaped modernist performances, genres, and ideas of gender. Even Ezra Pound, a famous promoter of the "new," made ancient figures speak… Leer más

New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Black paper covered boards, gold stamped titles at spine, light shelf wear to edges, corners and head and tail of spine, corners straight. Book body clean and tight, some b&w illustration throughout. Black photo illustrated dust jacket shows light shelf wear, brick orange titles at front and spine, no cuts or clippings, archival Brodart protected.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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