num_pages: 358
description: By focusing on the aesthetic of Wyndam Lewis, Wragg (University College, Northampton) explores the registration of Enlightenment modernity, the meaning of the term "avant-garde" and the question of the artist as politician. He begins by introducing readers to Lewis and his take on the avant-garde, his approach to fascism, and his reaction to the thought of Kant. Wragg then proceeds to describing what he calls the "aporias of vorticism," describing the "machine aesthetic" and deconstructing the idea of vortex. He then describes Lewis's thoughts on the nature and condition of art, given the social and political contexts Lewis saw around it, the influences of such early twentieth-century movements as surrealism on Lewis, and Lewis's resulting relationship not only with his art but in his own and others' thinking about his art. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Wyndham Lewis And The Philosophy Of Art In Early Modernist Britain: Creating A Political Aesthetic
titlecomplete: Wyndham Lewis And The Philosophy Of Art In Early Modernist Britain: Creating A Political Aesthetic
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr