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Modernism's mythic pose gender, genre, solo performance

Title
Modernism's mythic pose [electronic resource] : gender, genre, solo performance / Carrie J. Preston.
Author
Preston, Carrie J.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 357 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Modernist literature & culture
Uniform Title
  • Modernism's mythic pose (Online)
  • Modernist literature & culture.
Alternative Title
Modernism's mythic pose (Online)
Subject
  • American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Dance > United States > History > 19th century
  • Modernism (Literature) > United States
  • Modernism (Art) > United States
  • American literature > Classical influences
  • Art, Modern > Classical influences
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
Introduction -- The solo's origins: monodramas, attitudes, dramatic monologues -- Posing modernism: Delsartism in modern dance and silent film -- Positioning genre: the dramatic monologue in cultures of recitation -- The motor in the soul: Isadora Duncan's solo dance -- Ritualized reception: H.D.'s antimodernist poetics and cinematics.
LCCN
2011014568
OCLC
ssj0000580932
Author
Preston, Carrie J.
Title
Modernism's mythic pose [electronic resource] : gender, genre, solo performance / Carrie J. Preston.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Series
Modernist literature & culture
Modernist literature & culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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