The Violence of Modernity Baudelaire, Irony, and the Politics of Form

• 1. Verfasser: Sanyal, Debarati (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Johns Hopkins University Press 2006
• Schlagworte: Literature: history & criticism
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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...