TY - BOOK AU - Butler,Christopher TI - Modernism: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780192804419 (pbk.) U1 - 700.4112 BUT 23 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Modernism (Art) KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - Modernism (Aesthetics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index; The modernist work Modernist movements and cultural tradition The modernist artist Modernism and politics. N2 - Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/0192804413/ ER -