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The Pulse of Modernism: Physiological Aesthetics in Fin-de-Siècle Europe
by Robert Michael Brain
THE PULSE OF MODERNISM
Physiological Aesthetics in Fin-de-Siècle Europe
ROBERT MICH A EL BR A IN
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The pulse of modernism : physiological aesthetics in Fin-de-Si?cle Europe /
Robert Michael Brain.
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cm. — (In Vivo)
Includes bibliographical references.
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978-0-295-99320-1 (hard cover : acid-free paper) —
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978-0-295-99321-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1. Aesthetics—Physiological aspects. 2. Modernism (Aesthetics)—Europe.
3. Modernism (Literature)—Europe. 4. Modernism (Art)—Europe. I. Title.
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