Islands And the Modernists
Subtitle: The Allure of Isolation in Art, Literature And Science
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: July 11, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780786424573
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; Popular science; The Arts: General Issues; Modernism (Aesthetics); General; Art; Archaeology / Anthropology; Miscellanea; Anthropology - General; Islands
Description: "The text explores the extent to which islands inspired radical thinkers Charles Darwin, Paul Gauguin, John Millington Synge, D.H. Lawrence and Margaret Mead to perform innovative work. Each used islands differently, but similar phenomena affected their choice of place and the outcome of their projects. Their examples illuminate the relationship of modernism to alienation and insularity"--Provided by publisher.