Four Metaphors of Modernism: From Der Sturm to the Societe Anonyme

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Herwarth Walden's Der Sturm-the journal, gallery, performance venue, press, theater, bookstore, and art school in Berlin (1910-1932)-has never before been the subject of a book-length study in English. InFour Metaphors of Modernism, Jenny Anger positions Der Sturm at the center of the avant-garde and as an integral part of Euro-American modern art, theory, and practice.

Jenny Anger is professor of art history at Grinnell College. She is author of Paul Klee and the Decorative in Modern Art.

"Four Metaphors of Modernism is a tour de force demonstration of the centrality of metaphor to the modernist project both in Europe and America. Through comparative analysis, Jenny Anger charts the surprising aesthetic and philosophical continuities informing two key modernist ventures."-Mark Antliff, Duke University "The book not only brings together various strands of scholarship with brand new archival research, it is also the first major effort to systematically trace the connections between the German Der Sturm and the American Societe Anonyme. Jenny Anger's highly original and engaging instigation of connections between these two key modernist institutions is particularly noteworthy for the author's nuanced discussion of gender, which builds on her earlier published work and will no doubt further cement her reputation as a major contributor within this area."-Anna Brzyski, University of Kentucky