""In Harold Bloom's expert analysis, Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises is masterfully dissected, revealing the innovative literary techniques and …
First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through …
In Picasso's Demoiselles, eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, …
A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world—and …
In Art Matters, Robert Paul Lamb provides the definitive study of Ernest Hemingway's short story aesthetics. Lamb locates Hemingway's art …
Albert Camus's landmark existentialist novel traces the aftermath of a shocking crime and the man whose fate is sealed with …
Beckett's first stage play portrays two tramps, trapped in an endless waiting for the arrival of a mysterious personage named …
A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos.
In the splendid tradition of Kenneth Clark's Civilisation and Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man, here is a magnificent account …
These painting styles have received oodles of attention from art historians of late, and one might wonder what more there …
Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book By Artists and Critics is a collection of texts from …
This book examines the art and writings of Wassily Kandinsky, who is widely regarded as one of the first artists …
Four of the most influential and provocative art historians of our time come together to provide a comprehensive history of …
This comprehensive and authoritative book illustrates art from the 1940s and stresses the individuality of the artists in relation to …
David Summers sets forth that current formalist, contextual and post-structural approaches fail to provide an adequate account of all art, …
A century after the Bauhaus's founding in 1919, this book reassesses it as more than a highly influential art, architecture, …
By the time she was 24, Virginia Woolf had suffered a series of devastating losses that later she would describe …
In dialogue with groundbreaking technologies and scientific models, twentieth century fiction presents readers with a vast mosaic of perspectives on …
This volume makes a significant contribution to both the study of Derrida and of modernist studies. The contributors argue, first, …
Unaccountably, Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of both American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals the …
Ronald Schleifer offers a powerful reassessment of the politics and culture of modernism. His study analyzes the transition from the …
