Modernist Mysteries: Persephone
| Author | : Tamara Levitz |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 688 |
| Release | : 2012-09-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199730162 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199730164 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (164 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Modernist Mysteries: Persephone by : Tamara Levitz
Download or read book Modernist Mysteries: Persephone written by Tamara Levitz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Levitz demonstrates how a group of collaboratoring artists - Igor Stravinsky, Ida Rubenstein, Jacques Copeau, André Gide and others - used the myth of Perséphone to perform and articulate their most deeply held beliefs about four topics significant to modernism: religion, sexuality, death, and historical memory in art.
