Brilliant modernism : cultures of light and modernist poetry / Nicoletta Asciuto.
2025
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Title
Brilliant modernism : cultures of light and modernist poetry / Nicoletta Asciuto.
Author
ISBN
9781421450629 hardcover
1421450623 hardcover
9781421450636 paperback
1421450631 paperback
1421450623 hardcover
9781421450636 paperback
1421450631 paperback
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025.
Copyright
©2025
Language
English
Description
293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Exhibited
2024-2025 Poets House Showcase.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1449627062
Summary
"A study that is enlightening in every sense of the term. This book is full of new material, profound insights, and fascinating illustrations, all of which are presented in a clear, engaging prose style. Asciuto has successfully undertaken a difficult and far-reaching task, showing how the encounter with electric light helped create a new form of poetics that reached into many or even most corners of modern aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.
"In Brilliant Modernism, Nicoletta Asciuto takes readers on a journey through the electrified streets of the early twentieth century and explores the influence of this illumination on modernist poetry. This geographically wide-ranging account of how poets responded to the changing cityscape is distinctive in its historicist approach and the enormous scope of the materials it examines, from Mina Loy's lamps for the modern home to lunar photography. As the glow of gas lamps gave way to the piercing beams of the new era, poets navigated a world where light dictated social standing, gender roles, and the very rhythm of life. Brilliant Modernism is a story of contrasts--the starkness of electric light against the softness of the moon, the traditional against the modern, and the male-dominated world against the rising tide of female empowerment. Asciuto reworks our understanding of the modernist moment, reimagining the influence of figures such as T. S. Eliot, Lola Ridge, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Rosa Ros. Set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of massive changes, this book shines a light on forgotten women poets and artists whose contributions to the modernist movement have long been overshadowed by their male counterparts. Through a narrative that is as much about the aesthetics of light as it is about the poets themselves, Asciuto illuminates the vibrant and often volatile intersection of technology and culture." -- Adapted from publisher's description.
"In Brilliant Modernism, Nicoletta Asciuto takes readers on a journey through the electrified streets of the early twentieth century and explores the influence of this illumination on modernist poetry. This geographically wide-ranging account of how poets responded to the changing cityscape is distinctive in its historicist approach and the enormous scope of the materials it examines, from Mina Loy's lamps for the modern home to lunar photography. As the glow of gas lamps gave way to the piercing beams of the new era, poets navigated a world where light dictated social standing, gender roles, and the very rhythm of life. Brilliant Modernism is a story of contrasts--the starkness of electric light against the softness of the moon, the traditional against the modern, and the male-dominated world against the rising tide of female empowerment. Asciuto reworks our understanding of the modernist moment, reimagining the influence of figures such as T. S. Eliot, Lola Ridge, Gwendolyn B. Bennett, and Rosa Ros. Set against the backdrop of a world on the brink of massive changes, this book shines a light on forgotten women poets and artists whose contributions to the modernist movement have long been overshadowed by their male counterparts. Through a narrative that is as much about the aesthetics of light as it is about the poets themselves, Asciuto illuminates the vibrant and often volatile intersection of technology and culture." -- Adapted from publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Observing light : T. S. Eliot
Killing the moonlight : F. T. Marinetti and the futurist avant-garde
Living with lanterns : Mina Loy
Bringing down the stars : American modernists
Conclusion. Shining to the full : a light-conscious modernity.
Killing the moonlight : F. T. Marinetti and the futurist avant-garde
Living with lanterns : Mina Loy
Bringing down the stars : American modernists
Conclusion. Shining to the full : a light-conscious modernity.
Series
Hopkins studies in modernism.
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