Modernism : the lure of heresy : from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond /
Peter Gay.
- 1st ed.
- London : Vintage Books, c2009.
- xxii, 610 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
Gratis. Rs.499/-
Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-563) and index.
A climate for modernism -- Professional outsiders -- Irreconcilables and impresarios -- Painting and sculpture : the madness of the unexpected -- Prose and poetry : intermittences of the heart -- Music and dance : the liberation of sound -- Architecture and design : machinery, a new factor in human affairs -- Drama and movies : the human element -- Eccentrics and barbarians -- Life after death? -- Coda : And Gehry at Bilbao.