Literary Modernism and Musical Aesthetics
Subtitle: Pater, Pound, Joyce and Stein
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780521660280
Subjects: Literary theory; Theory of music & musicology; Music/Songbooks; General; Ancient, Classical & Medievalbaker_BISAC_subject_headingLiterary Collectionsbt_rtm_subjectLiterature: Classics; Literary Collections; Music and literature; Literature: Classics; History; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Aesthetics; English literature--20th century--History and criticism; Joyce, James; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Pater, Walter; Pound, Ezra; Stein, Gertrude; Ancient, Classical & Medieval; 20th century; American literature; English literature; History and criticism
First sentence: In the 1920s, while English modernism was at its peak, Paul Valery reflected back on the symbolist movement, the time of his own birth as a poet, and the source of great influence on many writers at work in the twenties.