Modernism at the barricades [electronic resource]

Stephen Eric Bronner revisits the groundbreaking innovations of the modernist project and its shaping of the radical imagination, as well as its creation of a new political vision for the twentieth century. Reading the artistic and intellectual achievements of the movement's leading figures against larger social, political, and cultural trends, Bronner follows the rise of a flawed yet salient effort at liberation and its confrontation with modernity.Modernism at the Barricades features chapters on expressionism, futurism, surrealism, and revolutionary art and includes special stud