November 30, 2007
Modernism and America
Anyone who writes about the history of modernism is asking for trouble. Modernism is notoriously hard to define. The cast of characters is huge. So you will be criticized not only for your interpretations but also for your inevitable omissions.
Peter Gay, the distinguished author of books on the Enlightenment, Sigmund Freud, and Weimar culture, is undeterred. In his new book, Modernism: The Lure of Heresy (Norton, 2007), Gay has written a sweeping history of literature, painting,
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