Modernism's Mythic Pose recovers the tradition of Delsartism, a popular international movement that promoted bodily and vocal solo performances, particularly for women. This strain of classical-antimodernism shaped dance, film, and poetics. Modernism's Mythic Pose recovers the tradition of Delsartism, a popular international movement that promoted bodily and vocal solo performances, particularly for women. This strain of classical-antimodernism shaped dance, film, and poetics. Its central figure, the mythic pose, expressed both skepticismand nostalgia and functioned as an ambivalent break from modernity. INDICE: Series Editors' Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction. I. Modern, Antimodern, and Mythic Posing II. Gendered Identity and Embodiment III. Biblical Typology and Classical Ritual IV. Solo Genres V. Modernist Kinaesthetics Chapter 1. The Solo's Origins: Monodramas, Attitudes, Dramatic Monologues I. Galatea's Reach: Gestures of the Monodrama II. Veiled Motions: Emma Lyon Hamilton's Attitude III. Goethe's Proserpina and Later Posers IV. Barrett Browning: Naming "Aeschylus" and "The Virgin Mary" V. Types and Housewives in Christina Rossetti and Augusta Webster Chapter 2. Posing Modernism: Delsartism in Modern Dance and Silent Film I. Delsarte's Aesthetics of the Attitude II. Disseminating Delsarte III. Performing Delsartism: Genevieve Stebbins and the Early Motions of Modern Dance IV. Performing Delsartism (Take Two): Denishawn and Hollywood V. The Russian Delsarte: Kuleshov and Film Montage Chapter 3. Positioning Genre: The Dramatic Monologue in Cultures of Recitation I.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-976626-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 15/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés