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Christopher Butler
Modernism
A Very Short Introduction
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Contents
Listofillustrations xi
1 Themodernistwork 1
2 Modernistmovementsandculturaltradition 14
3 Themodernistartist 50
4 Modernismandpolitics 80
References 103
Furtherreading 111
Index115
Description:Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubism, and Dada, to the novels of James Joyce and Franz Kafka, to such provocative works as Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain." But Modernism also left many people puzzled in its wake. How can a routine bathroo
