Ideographic Modernism reconstructs the modernist invention of the 'ideograph'(Chinese writing as imagined in the West) in relation to such other modern forms of writing as photography, phonography, cinematography, and telegraphy. Analyzing works by Pound, Kafka, Benjamin, and others, it recovers the presence of China in the text of modernism. INDICE: Preface: Imperial Media/Imperial Messages: Modernism and the Myth of China; Introduction: 'no better instrument': The Chinese Written Character as a Medium; 1.: 'visible nature': Image, Photography, and the Apparition of ChinaL; 2.: 'simply the form': Inscription, Phonography, and the Chinese Scene of Writing; 3.: 'to imitate the Chinese': Mimesis, Cinema, and Mechanical Reproduction; 4.: 'shocks in China': Space, Telegraphy, and the Age of the World Picture; Works Cited
- ISBN: 978-0-19-539382-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 202
- Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés