Article: Reconfiguring Modernism: Explorations in the Relationship Between Modern Art and Modern Literature.(Review)

SCHWARZ, DANIEL R. Reconfiguring Modernism: Explorations in the Relationship Between Modern Art and Modern Literature (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997). 244 pages. $45.00 cloth; $18.95 paper.

In the sixth chapter of Reconfiguring Modernism, Daniel Schwarz describes the incident in Ulysses when Stephen and Bloom look together into a mirror and see an image of Shakespeare wearing a hat rack like a pair of reindeer antlers. This scene, in its willingness to parody the master as clown and call into question its own processes, employs the hat rack as a symbol of cuckolding that invites us to encounter our own betrayal by cultural illusions of unity. If we accept the ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!