The Mental Life of Modernism
Why Poetry, Painting, and Music Changed at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2020
Summary
An argument that Modernism is a cognitive phenomenon rather than a cultural one.At the beginning of the twentieth century, poetry, music, and painting all underwent a sea change. Poetry abandoned rhyme and meter; music ceased to be tonally centered; and painting no longer aimed at faithful representation. These artistic developments have been attributed to cultural factors ranging from the Industrial Revolution and the technical innovation of photography to Freudian psychoanalysis. In this bo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262043496 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262043491 |
| Author: | Samuel Jay Keyser |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 552g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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Samuel Jay Keyser
Samuel Jay Keyser is Peter de Florez Emeritus Professor in MIT’s Department of Linguistics and Philosophy and Special Assistant to the Chancellor. Head of the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy from 1977 to 1998, he also held the positions of Director of the Center for Cognitive Science and Associate Provost.
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