American modernism

Social conscience and seclusion became synonymous with each other during the Modern Era, for the purpose of communicating the growing concept of a need for change in the world. Thwarting the group mentality and proliferating alienation seemed to be the only way to do so, as seen in Basil Bunting’s beliefs. The impacts the Modern Era had on Bunting personally are manifested through the political, economical and social isolation during World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II,…

The modernist revolution that accompanied the transition of the 19th century to the 20th century coincided with an array of scientific, sociological, and ideological shifts. These deviations from the realist era of the prior century allowed for abstract and surreal literary works that challenged rationale to flourish, which in no small part influenced the shifting of societal norms. The works “Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius” and “On Exactitude in Science” by Jorge Borges epitomize the modernist…

In his essay, “Tradition and the Individual Talent” (1919), Eliot discusses the “process of depersonalization” and its relation to tradition and the writers who have come before. One of the main contradictions of writers like Eliot, and indeed of modernism in general, is the practice of looking to the past in order to understand the present and develop new literary techniques. This essay also highlights Eliot’s anti-Romanticism, a sentiment commonly expressed by many other prominent modernist…

ASSIGNMENT 7: ESSAY After analysing the character of Yossarian from Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 in comparison to Gilgamesh from The Epic of Gilgamesh, we can conclude by saying that post-modern writers often went back to classical literature for inspiration. This statement can be proven by referring to the similarities and differences between the protagonist as well as the archetypal plots and themes. In literature we find two types of heroes: heroes and antiheroes. The difference between the two…

Beginning in the early twentieth century, the modernist movement in poetry came into view. Many of these poems focused on the themes of World War I; the effects on cities and the people, the changing political and economic climate, and any advancements that may have taken place because of the war. This movement brought along poets such as Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, and William Carlos Williams. Out of the modernist movement came the imagist movement which was helmed by Ezra Pound. The…

At the turn of the twentieth century, the ideas of evolution changed the worlds views of society. Many authors felt inspired by these new ideas of evolution, as seen in numerous novels during this time period. In the scientific novel The Island Of Dr. Moreau written by H.G. Wells, Wells utilizes his characters to compare and contrast the idea of evolution. Thus, this paper will evaluate and analyze literary criticisms discussing theme and character in Wells’s novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau. A…

In the Philadelphia Museum of Art there is a masterpiece titled No. 22 by Jackson Pollock, who is known for his unique style of drip painting. He was a pioneering, influential painter in the abstract expressionist movement (Seed). Art critics usually regard Pollock’s works as images of chaos, lacking a rigid structure and harmony (Chave 100). In No. 22, Pollock employed his usual manner of pouring and dripping paints on canvas. As Chave pointed out in her essay, “there is no center in his…

Every artist has special traits that make them loveable or hateable to some people. The artists that I chose are loveable in my eyes. Their art speaks truthfully and depicts art in unique ways that few understand. The artists I chose are not average artists. They seem to go above and beyond in their work, as well as show their strengths, weaknesses, joys, sorrows, dreams, and nightmares through their work. The first artist I chose was Salvador Dali. I chose Salvador Dali because he was an…

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Robert Henri (June 24, 1865 – July 12, 1929) was an American painter and teacher. He was an organizer of the group known as "The Eight". It was an informal association of artists protesting against the restrictive exhibition of the powerful, conservative National Academy of Design. Having travelled to Paris to study at the Academie Julian, he was under the academic realist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. During this period of his life, he came to admire greatly the work of Francois Millet, and…