Classicism of the Twenties

Art, Music, and Literature

Theodore Ziolkowski

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University of Chicago Press
08 January 2015

Art & design styles: Classicism; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Literary studies: general

The triumph of avant-gardes in the 1920s tends to dominate our discussions of the music, art, and literature of the period. But the broader current of modernism encompassed many movements, and one of the most distinct and influential was a turn to classicism.

In Classicism of the Twenties, Theodore Ziolkowski offers a compelling account of that movement. Giving equal attention to music, art, and literature, and focusing in particular on the works of Stravinsky, Picasso, and T. S. Eliot, he shows how the turn to classicism manifested itself. In reaction both to the excesses of neoromanticism and early modernism and to the horrors of World War I-and with respectful detachment-artists, writers, and composers adapted themes and forms from the past and tried to imbue their own works with the values of simplicity and order that epitomized earlier classicisms.

By identifying elements common to all three arts, and carefully situating classicism within the broader sweep of modernist movements, Ziolkowski presents a refreshingly original view of the cultural life of the 1920s.

By: Theodore Ziolkowski
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 22mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780226183985
ISBN 10: 022618398X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 08 January 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Theodore Ziolkowski is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton University. He is the author of Modes of Faith: Secular Surrogates for Lost Religious Belief, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews for Classicism of the Twenties: Art, Music, and Literature

"""'Classicism' in the earlier twentieth century has been extensively discussed in reference to individual writers, artists, and musicians, but Ziolkowski, dealing with individual cases from an overarching interdisciplinary and international perspective, has brilliantly expanded its multicultural horizons."" (Burton Pike, City University of New York)"""