This study traces the origins of European modernism in Nineteenth-century Paris, examining every major avant-garde movement that sprung from this epicentre in the early Twentieth century: Expressionism, Dadaism, etc. In this wide-ranging overview Berghaus demonstrates a mastery of primary and secondary sources in several different languages.
| ISBN: | 9781403969552 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2005 |
| Author: | Günter Berghaus |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 374 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Genres: |
European history Theatre studies History of Performing Arts Literary theory History Literature: history and criticism Performing arts |