{"product_id":"9781501371974","title":"Legends of the Modern A Reappraisal of Modernity from Shakespeare to the Age of Duchamp","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLegends of the Modern\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Reappraisal of Modernity from Shakespeare to the Age of Duchamp\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDidier Maleuvre\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 20th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat made art modern? What is modern art? \u003ci\u003eThe Legends of the Modern\u003c\/i\u003e demystifies the ideas and \"legends\" that have shaped our appreciation of modern art and literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with an examination of the early modern artists Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Cervantes, Didier Maleuvre demonstrates how many of the foundational works of modern culture were born not from the legendry of expressive freedom, originality, creativity, subversion, or spiritual profundity but out of unease with these ideas. This ambivalence toward the modern has lain at the heart of artistic modernity from the late Renaissance onward, and the arts have since then shown both exhilaration and disappointment with their own creative power. \u003ci\u003eThe Legends of the Modern \u003c\/i\u003elays bare the many contradictions that pull at the fabric of modernity and demonstrates that modern art's dissatisfaction with modernity is in fact a vital facet of this cultural period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDidier Maleuvre\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Comparative Literature and French Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMuseum Memories: History, Technology, Art \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Religion of Reality: Inquiry into the Self, Art, and Transcendence\u003c\/i\u003e (2006)\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Horizon: A History of our Infinite Longing\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Civilization: A Bourgeois History\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 April 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501371974\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332941676684,"sku":"9781501371974","price":40.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_54e5d8f0-99b1-401a-af4d-21d72745326a.jpg?v=1783607492","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501371974","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}