Spirals :: the whirled image in twentieth-century literature and art /

In this elegantly written and beautifully illustrated book, Nico Israel reveals how spirals are at the heart of the most significant literature and visual art of the 20th century. Juxtaposing the work of influential writers and artists, he argues that spirals provide a crucial frame for understandin...

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Main Author: Israel, Nico (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Modernist latitudes.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In this elegantly written and beautifully illustrated book, Nico Israel reveals how spirals are at the heart of the most significant literature and visual art of the 20th century. Juxtaposing the work of influential writers and artists, he argues that spirals provide a crucial frame for understanding the mutual involvement of modernity, history, and geopolitics, complicating the spatio-temporal logic of literary and artistic genres and of scholarly disciplines.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231526685
0231526687
0231153023
9780231153027

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