Wyndham Lewis : painter and writer / Paul Edwards.
Wyndham Lewis : painter and writer / Paul Edwards.
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Publisher
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2000.
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N828.91209/11
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Language
English
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Physical content
583 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents
1. 'A primitive soul, trying to get back to his element' -- 2. Symbolic Exchange in Tarr -- 3. Matter and Creation: Painting, 1911-1912 -- 4. The Emergence of Vorticism -- 5. The Modernism of Enemy of the Stars -- 6. The Ideal Giant: Art and the Assaults of Egotism and Life, 1915-1917 -- 7. War, the...
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Publisher
New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2000.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"Equally talented as a writer and a painter Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) was one of the most innovative and controversial figures of the twentieth-century British art scene, famous as the driving force behind Vorticism, the avant-garde movement that flourished in London before the First World War. This book - the first critical overview of the visual,...
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Wyndham Lewis : painter and writer / Paul Edwards.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [571]-576) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2000.
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N828.91209/11
Record Identifier
74VvozkLJG5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvozkLJG5O
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ISBN
0300082096 (cloth)
9780300082098 (cloth)
DDC
828.91209
759.2
MMS ID
991013226799702626
