Modernism and the Culture of Market Society [Hardcover]

John Xiros Cooper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0521834864 | ISBN-13: 978-0521834865

John Xiros Cooper asserts that the avant-garde is actually one of the defining instances of capitalist culture: part of the brash, new capitalist culture in the early twentieth century. The Modernist avant-garde exemplified the impact of capitalism on everyday life in their personal relationships, gender roles and sexual contacts. Cooper explores this provocative theme across a wide range of Modernist authors.

Editorial Reviews

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"...provocative." English Literature in Transition

"Cooper's arguments are appealing, his prose dynamic and engaging, and his scope impressive."
Meg Albrinch, Virginia Woolf Miscellany

"...not just another academic book. This one makes a bid to rearrange the furniture of our minds. More than another literary study, it is an account of how things are and how they got that way, and how (for the most part) it is pretty damned sad...More than anything else, Cooper's book left me itching to find out more about Eric Gill and his Ditchling artisans, about Roger Fry and the Omega Community, to dust off my Ruskin and enter again to that world where art and life are somehow connected at the level of the workbench and street." George Slanger, Minot State University

Book Description

Many critics argue that the modernist avant-garde were always in opposition to the commercial values of a market driven society. For John Xiros Cooper, the avant-garde is actually one of the defining instances of capitalist culture: part of the brash, new capitalist culture in the early twentieth century. In their personal relationships, gender roles and sexual contacts, the Modernist avant-garde exemplified the impact of capitalism on everyday life. In this broad ranging study John Xiros Cooper explores this provocative theme across a wide range of Modernist authors.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521834864
• ISBN-13: 978-0521834865
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,615,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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