Rive Gauche
Subtitle: Paris as a site of avante-garde art and cultural exchange in the 1920s
By: edited by Elke Mettinger, Margarete Rubik and Jörg Türschmann
Series: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft -- 144
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amsterdam; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9789042031784; 9789042031791
Subjects: Intellectual life; Avant-garde (Aesthetics); History; ART / General; French Arts
Description: From the late 19th century onwards Paris had been a congenial locus for bohemian life. By 1920 Montparnasse had superseded Montmartre as the intellectual and artistic heart of the city, inaugurating a decade of unequaled creative achievement and innovative self-performance. These were the years of the 'Roaring Twenties' or années folles . "Paris"--As Gertrude Stein famously remarked - "was where the twentieth century was". The Rive Gauche offered a carnivalesque atmosphere of liberality, where the manifold experiments of the avant-garde could breathe freely. This volume attempts to do justice to the polyphony of voices and points up the synergies that existed between the creative activities of writers, painters, publishers, photographers, and film-makers. The contributors adopt interdisciplinary approaches, casting new light on the rich and diverse artistic world of Paris in the twenties as presented in lesser known works by French artists, English and American expatriates, but also Belgian, Dutch, German, Polish or South American avant-gardists. The collection thus gives the reader a fascinating insight into artistic productions which have hitherto received comparatively little critical attention.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.