| From Art Nouveau to Surrealism: Belgian Modernity in the Making Contributor(s): Aubert, Nathalie (Editor), Fraiture, Pierre-Philippe (Editor), McGuinness, Patrick (Editor) |
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ISBN: 190435064X ISBN-13: 9781904350644 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: This volume of edited essays is the first one in English to offer a critical overview of the specific features of Belgian modernity from 1880 to 1940 in a multiplicity of disciplines: literature and poetry, politics, music, photography and drama. The first half of the book investigates the roots of twentieth century modernity in Belgian fin de sicle across a variety of genres (novel, poetry and drama), not only within but also beyond the boundaries of Symbolism. The contributors go on to examine the explosion of Belgian culture on the international scene with the rise of the avant-gardes, notably Surrealism: and the contribution made in minor genres, such as the popular novels of Simenon and Jean Ray, and the Tintin comics of Herg. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 709.493 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 7.12" W x 9.89" (1.43 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores an artistic culture, which produces the unclassifiable, as a rule. It presents Belgian artistic culture from the 1890s to the 1940s. The book examines the theme of doubleness and reflection in Belgian Symbolism. |