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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMilton Cohen has written a fascinating book....A terrifically engaging and useful book. * European History, January 2009 *
This beautifully written study defines pre-World-War-I European modernism as an essentially group-driven phenomenon and takes us deep into the movement's social dynamics. How does one define a modernist group? Who emerged as leaders within these groups and why? What role did nationalism play in the desire of so many modernist artists to band together? The first four chapters of Movement, Manifesto, Melee answer these questions (and many more) and offer a fresh perspective on a subject too commonly approached in terms of isolated figures. -- Steven Trout, Fort Hays State University
Table of Contents1 Introduction 2 Prologue: The Futurist Traveling Exhibition of 1912 3 Chapter 1: The Modernist Group: A Taxonomy and Rationale 4 Chapter 2: Leaders 5 Chapter 3: Manifesto 6 Chapter 4: Melee: Group Performances, Hostile Responses 7 Epilogue: Fatal Symbiosis: Modernism and World War I 8 Appendix 1: Time Line: 1910-1914 9 Appendix 2: Modernist Groups 1910-1914: A Listing 10 Appendix 3: Modernist Casualties of World War I
