Slapstick modernism [electronic resource] :Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop / William Solomon.
By: Solomon, William [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780252098468; 0252098463.Subject(s): Motion pictures and literature -- United States | Silent films -- United States -- History and criticism | Literature, Experimental -- United States -- History and criticism | Modernism (Literature) -- United States -- History | American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the origins of slapstick modernism -- 1920s. The work of art in the age of mechanical transportation -- The politics and poetics of attraction I: Dos Passos -- The politics and poetics of attraction II: Harold Lloyd's "thrill" films -- Becoming-child: Harry Langdon -- 1930s. The emergence of slapstick modernism -- Theoretical interlude: Benjamin and the question concerning second technology -- 1950s-1960s. The rise of slapstick modernism; or, the birth of the uncool.
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