11. A Clown, Perhaps, But An Aspiring Clown

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures viii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. My Whole Body Puts Me On My Guard Against Each Word 1
6. I. THE DISENCHANTMENT OF THE WORLD
7. 2. The Oracles Are Silent 11
8. 3. What Shall We Have To Drink In These Deserts? 21
9. 4. Anxiety Is The Dizziness Of Freedom 39
10. 5. I Heard The Murmur And The Murmuring Sound 48
11. II. MODERNISM
12. 6. It’s A Quick Death, God Help Us All 65
13. 7. The Marquise Went Out at Five 78
14. 8. A Universe for the First Time Bereft of All Signposts 92
15. 9. The Mutilated Body Was Thrown Back Into The Sea 101
16. 10. Fernande Has Left With A Futurist 114
17. 11. A Clown, Perhaps, But An Aspiring Clown 125
18. 12. I Would Prefer Not To 136
19. III. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
20. 13. The Imitation of an Action 145
21. 14. It Took Talent To Lead Art That Far Astray 163
22. 15. Stories Of Modernism Notes 178
23. Notes 188
24. Index 197
25. Acknowledgements 207