the experience of modernity Berman, Marshall. creator text bibliography nyu London Verso Books 2010 monographic eng

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391 pages : 21 cm. Marshall Berman's "All that is solid melts into air" is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest books on modernity. A kaleidoscopic journey into the experiences of modernization, the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world, it dexterously interweaves an exploration of modernism in art, literature, and architecture. Introduction: Modernity -- Yesterday, today and tomorrow -- 1. Goethe’s Faust: the tragedy of development -- 2. All that is solid melts into air: Marx, modernism and modernization -- 3. Baudelaire: modernism in the streets -- 4. Petersburg: the modernism of underdevelopment -- 5. In the forest of symbols: some notes on modernism in New York. Marshall Berman. First published in the United States of America by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1982 -- t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index ARC Civilization, Modern 20th century Civilization, Modern 19th century Architecture 909.82 9781844676446 Ayesha Abed Library BD-DhAAL 180816 20251021100019.0 33663