Modernism: The Lure of Heresy
Modernism was born in 1840s France and all but died in 1960s America, says cultural historian Peter Gay. Beginning with the poetry of Baudelaire and the nudes of Manet, the movement was distinguished in all fields by two common impulses. First among these
Modernism: The Lure of Heresy
by Peter Gay
(Norton, $35)
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