Heart of Darkness: Modernism and Its Historians Author(s): Robert Wohl Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Modern History‚ Vol. 74‚ No. 3 (September 2002)‚ pp. 573-621 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/345112 . Accessed: 30/09/2012 11:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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1827-29). Encouraged by so many changes‚ early modernist writers had a utopian view of the future (“modernism”). However‚ their optimist was shattered. From 1914 to 1918‚ Europe lost a generation of young men to the First World War. The times were new‚ and they required a new art‚ one that could speak meaningfully to such a tumultuous age. Modernist poetry attempted to provide a voice to the bewildered West during the first half of the 20th century. Modernist poets sought to account for the rapid changes
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The term "Flapper" originated from Great Britain shortly after WWI to describe young girls. This term then evolved into something women around the world that expressed themselves differently then modernists were called. Many referenced a flapper to a young bird just learning how to fly. A various amount of people believed that the word "Flapper" may have came from an older word used for prostitution. Flappers were a huge impact on the world today‚ many viewed the women that lived this lifestyle
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Jean Piaget The history of psychology dates back to the ancient Greeks‚ Chinda and India. There are even some records of psychology dating back to ancient Egypt. Psychology is the study of the human mind and it’s functions. It used to be a branch of phylosophy‚ but in the 1870s it developed into an indipendant science‚ when Wilhem Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated to psychology. In the anciet times‚ psychology had to do with evil spirits and souls‚ which remedies were encantiations
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the sense of paranoia‚ a showcase of intertextuality and an ambiguous endings. All three common themes make it clear that these movies are in fact postmodern films‚ despite the fact that there were also a few common themes also found supporting a modernist and existentialist sense. There were ambiguous ending in both filmsIn both films‚ there were clear ambiguous endings‚ which makes them postmodernis a large indicator of a postmodern film. For example‚ the audience also does not know what how the
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are modernist works. “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner and Night are contemporary works. Modernism is modern thought‚ character‚ or practice. It is the modernist movement in the arts‚ the sets cultural tendencies and associated cultural movements. Contemporary works are set and written in the time it was written. It makes use of literary styles or techniques. It works in a non traditional form‚ comments on itself‚ and can be personal. “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” is a modernist poem
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colloquialism‚ ironic banter etc; d) His conscious artistry of imagery and tone. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The poem follows the conscious experience of a man‚ Prufrock (relayed in the "stream of consciousness" form characteristic of the Modernists)‚ lamenting his physical and intellectual inertia‚ the lost opportunities in his life and lack of spiritual progress‚ with the recurrent theme of carnal love unattained. Critical opinion is divided as to whether the narrator leaves his residence
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“Through migrants‚ expatriates‚ exhibitions and publications‚ Australia first came into contact with Modernism in the mid-1910s. The modernist movement in Australia was at it’s most influential for over five decades‚ including global wars‚ economic depression‚ technological advances and massive social change. (http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/modernism) This article‚ however‚ will be focusing on Australia’s development of Modernity‚ Modernisation and Modernism between the
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image is a brochure cover‚ nothing more. Although by todays standards it is crude in design‚ vaguely relating to the brochure that it covers‚ which does go into detail about some new typographical forms‚ it was rather advanced for 1929 as it was a Modernist piece – rejecting decoration. No longer focussing on decoration produced a new language of design that could be understood by everyone‚ including workers in modern industry. Moholy-Nagy followed his own teachings on typography fully‚ stating that:
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Defining a general cargo ship The term “general (multipurpose) cargo ships” covers many different ship designs that do not fi t into other more specialised cargo ship types. Thus‚ general cargo ships are not specialised for transport of only dry bulks‚ only containers or only heavy-lift cargoes‚ but they have flexibility to carry any of these cargo types. General cargo ships are the world’s most numerous ship types‚ excepting fishing vessels. Thus‚ in the year 2002 their share in the overall world
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