{"product_id":"the-first-moderns-profiles-in-the-origins-of-twentieth-century-thought-paperback","title":"The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth-Century Thought - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam R. Everdell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively and accessible history of Modernism, \u003ci\u003eThe First Moderns\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with portraits of genius, and intellectual breakthroughs, that richly evoke the \u003ci\u003efin-de-si鐵le\u003c\/i\u003e atmosphere of Paris, Vienna, St. Louis, and St. Petersburg. William Everdell offers readers an invigorating look at the unfolding of an age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This exceptionally wide-ranging history is chock-a-block with anecdotes, factoids, odd juxtapositions, and useful insights. Most impressive. . . . For anyone interested in learning about late 19th- and early 20th- century imaginative thought, this engagingly written book is a good place to start.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe First Moderns\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly maps the beginning of a path at whose end loom as many diasporas as there are men.\"--Frederic Morton, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this truly exciting study of the origins of modernist thought, poet and teacher Everdell roams freely across disciplinary lines. . . . A brilliant book that will prove useful to scholars and generalists for years to come; enthusiastically recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Everdell has performed a rare service for his readers. Dispelling much of the current nonsense about 'postmodernism, ' this book belongs on the very short list of profound works of cultural analysis.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Innovative and impressive . . . [Everdell] has written a marvelous, erudite, and readable study.\"-Mark Bevir, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A richly eclectic history of the dawn of a new era in painting, music, literature, mathematics, physics, genetics, neuroscience, psychiatry and philosophy.\"--Margaret Wertheim, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Everdell] has himself recombined the parts of our era's intellectual history in new and startling ways, shedding light for which the reader of \u003ci\u003eThe First Moderns\u003c\/i\u003e will be eternally grateful.\"--Hugh Kenner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Everdell shows how the idea of \"modernity\" arose before the First World War by telling the stories of heroes such as T. S. Eliot, Max Planck, and Georges Serault with such a lively eye for detail, irony, and ambiance that you feel as if you're reliving those miraculous years.\"--Jon Spayde, \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 509\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.27 x 8.96 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459355787517,"sku":"9780226224817","price":44.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Z9yE2kOLjT9780226224817.webp?v=1777253393","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-first-moderns-profiles-in-the-origins-of-twentieth-century-thought-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}