movement of art, culture and philosophy
Modernism is both a philosophical movement and an art movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, and social organization which reflected the newly emerging industrial world, including features such as urbanization, new technologies, and war. Artists attempted to depart from traditional forms of art, which they considered outdated or obsolete. The poet Ezra Pound's 1934 injunction to "Make it New" was the touchstone of the movement's approach. Modernist innovations included abstract art, the stream-of-consciousness novel, montage cinema, atonal and twelve-tone music, and divisionist painting. Modernism explicitly rejected the ideology of realism and made use of the works of the past by the employment of reprise, incorporation, rewriting, recapitulation, revision and parody. Modernism also rejected the certainty of Enlightenment thinking, and many modernists also rejected religious belief. A notable characteristic of modernism is self-consciousness concerning artistic and social traditions, which often led to experimentation with form, along with the use of techniques that drew attention to the processes and materials used in creating works of art.While some scholars see modernism continuing into the 21st century, others see it evolving into late modernism or high modernism. Postmodernism is a departure from modernism and rejects its basic assumptions.
movement: modernism
Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor
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novel by Vladimir Nabokov
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author: Vladimir Nabokov
Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
1969 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire
novel, in the form of a commentary on a poem, by Vladimir Nabokov
Speak, Memory
book by Vladimir Nabokov
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Some New or Little Known Nearctic Neonympha (Lepidoptera: Satyridæ) ( 1942 )
article by Vladimir Nabokov published 1942 in Psyche
Notes on the Morphology of the Genus Lycæides (Lycænidæ, Lepidoptera) ( 1944 )
scholarly article by Vladimir Nabokov published 1944 in Psyche
The Female of Neonympha Maniola Nabokov (Lepid.-Satyridæ) ( 1943 )
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A Third Species of Echinargus Nabokov (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera) ( 1945 )
Southern Pierids in New England ( 1946 )
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French writer (1894-1961)
Journey to the End of the Night
novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
author: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Death on Credit
novel by Céline
Guignol's Band
Castle to Castle
Cannon-Fodder
Céline's novel
Brazilian writer (1912-2001)
Captains of the Sands
novel by Jorge Amado
author: Jorge Amado
Jubiabá
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Tent of Miracles
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer