LEADER 03711nam 22006854a 450 001 9910452059403321 005 20210512173800.0 010 $a1-281-72918-3 010 $a9786611729189 010 $a0-300-12884-3 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300128840 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471750 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171439 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000217901 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186869 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000217901 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10214594 035 $a(PQKB)10757551 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158293 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420216 035 $a(DE-B1597)484867 035 $a(OCoLC)1024042800 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300128840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420216 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176204 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172918 035 $a(OCoLC)923590834 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471750 100 $a20050518d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aParadoxy of modernism$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert Scholes 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 295 p.) )$cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10820-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284) and index. 327 $aHigh and low in Modernist criticism -- Old and new in Modernist art -- Poetry and rhetoric in the Modernist montage -- Hard and soft : Joyce and others -- Durable fluff : the importance of not being earnest -- Iridescent mediocrity : Dornford Yates and others -- Formulaic creativity : Simenon's Maigret novels -- Model artists in Paris : Hastings, Hammett, and Kiki -- The aesthete in the brothel : Proust and others. 330 $aIn this lively, personal book, Robert Scholes intervenes in ongoing discussions about modernism in the arts during the crucial half-century from 1895 to 1945. While critics of and apologists for modernism have defined modern art and literature in terms of binary oppositions-high/low, old/new, hard/soft, poetry/rhetoric-Scholes contends that these distinctions are in fact confused and misleading. Such oppositions are instances of "paradoxy"-an apparent clarity that covers real confusion.Closely examining specific literary texts, drawings, critical writings, and memoirs, Scholes seeks to complicate the neat polar oppositions attributed to modernism. He argues for the rehabilitation of works in the middle ground that have been trivialized in previous evaluations, and he fights orthodoxy with such paradoxes as "durable fluff," "formulaic creativity," and "iridescent mediocrity." The book reconsiders major figures like James Joyce while underscoring the value of minor figures and addressing new attention to others rarely studied. It includes twenty-two illustrations of the artworks discussed. Filled with the observations of a personable and witty guide, this is a book that opens up for a reader's delight the rich cultural terrain of modernism. 606 $aModernism (Art) 606 $aModernism (Literature) 606 $aArts, Modern$y20th century 606 $aCriticism$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aModernism (Art) 615 0$aModernism (Literature) 615 0$aArts, Modern 615 0$aCriticism$xHistory 676 $a700/.4112 700 $aScholes$b Robert$f1929-2016.$0875443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452059403321 996 $aParadoxy of modernism$92459548 997 $aUNINA