Institutions of Modernism Literary Elites & Public Culture by Lawrence Rainey

€125.00

Institutions of Modernism: Literary Elites & Public Culture by Lawrence Rainey offers a compelling exploration of how modernist literature was shaped, disseminated, and received within specific cultural and institutional frameworks. Rainey delves into the complex relationships between literary elites—writers, critics, and publishers—and the broader public, highlighting the tension between avant-garde innovation and popular accessibility. The book examines the roles played by academic institutions, literary magazines, and public exhibitions in establishing modernism as a dominant cultural force, providing a nuanced understanding of how modernist aesthetics were both promoted and contested in the public sphere. Through this study, Rainey sheds light on the dynamics of cultural authority and the ongoing negotiation between elite artistic communities and mass audiences.

Institutions of Modernism: Literary Elites & Public Culture by Lawrence Rainey offers a compelling exploration of how modernist literature was shaped, disseminated, and received within specific cultural and institutional frameworks. Rainey delves into the complex relationships between literary elites—writers, critics, and publishers—and the broader public, highlighting the tension between avant-garde innovation and popular accessibility. The book examines the roles played by academic institutions, literary magazines, and public exhibitions in establishing modernism as a dominant cultural force, providing a nuanced understanding of how modernist aesthetics were both promoted and contested in the public sphere. Through this study, Rainey sheds light on the dynamics of cultural authority and the ongoing negotiation between elite artistic communities and mass audiences.

Yale University Press 1998 Hardback good clean copy dustjacket has small crease approx 2cm diagonally at right hand corner (very minor) otherwise interior clean and in good order, name inscribed on inset page

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