The Violence of Modernity: Baudelaire, Irony, and the Politics of Form
(Part of the Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society Series)
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The Violence of Modernity turns to Charles Baudelaire, one of the most canonical figures of literary modernism, in order to reclaim an aesthetic legacy for ethical inquiry and historical critique. Works of modern literature are commonly theorized as symptomatic responses to the trauma of history. In a climate that tends to privilege crisis over critique, Debarati Sanyal argues that it is urgent to rethink literary experience in terms that...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801883083
ISBN13:9780801883088
Release Date:June 2006
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.19 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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