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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy - From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
Peter Gay
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Modernism: The Lure of Heresy - From Baudelaire to Beckett and Beyond
Peter Gay
In his most ambitious endeavour since Freud, acclaimed cultural historian Peter Gay traces and explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century.
640 pages, Illustrations (some col.)
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 3, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780099441960 |
| Publishers | Vintage Publishing |
| Pages | 656 |
| Dimensions | 131 × 196 × 38 mm · 468 g |
| Language | English |
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