Modernism on Sea by Lara Feigel
Modernism on Sea brings together writing by some of today's most exciting seaside critics, curators, filmmakers and scholars, and takes the reader on a journey around the coast of Britain to explore the rich artistic and cultural heritage that can be found there, from St Ives to Scarborough. The authors consider avant-garde art, architecture, film, literature and music, from the early twentieth century to the present, setting the arrival of modernism against the background of seaside tradition.From the cheeky postcards marvelled at by George Orwell to austere modernist buildings such as the De La Warr Pavilion; from the Camden Town Group's sojourn in Brighton to John Piper's 'Nautical Style'; from Paul Nash's surrealist benches on the promenade in Swanage to the influence of bunting and deckchairs on the Festival of Britain - Modernism on Sea is a sweeping tour de force which pays tribute to the role of the seaside in shaping British modernism.
The essays in this book were inspired by the 'Modernism on Sea' conference that was held at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea in July 2007.
Lara Feigel is Lecturer in Modern Literary Studies at King's College London. She is the author of Literature, Cinema and Politics, 1930-1945: Reading Between the Frames (2010) and the editor of A Nosegay: A Literary Journey from the Fragrant to the Fetid (2006). She is currently co-editing of the journals of Stephen Spender, with John Sutherland and Natasha Spender.
Alexandra Harris is Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. She studied history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London and holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Her recent book Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper (2010) won the Guardian First Book Award. In 2011 she was chosen as one of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers.
Alexandra Harris is Lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. She studied history of art at the Courtauld Institute in London and holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Her recent book Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper (2010) won the Guardian First Book Award. In 2011 she was chosen as one of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906165246 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906165246 |
| Title | Modernism on Sea |
| Author | Lara Feigel |
| Series | Peter Lang Ltd |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Peter Lang Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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