Download or read book Modernism’s Second Act: A Cultural Narrative written by I. Nadel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European modernism underwent a massive change from 1930 to 1960, as war altered the cultural landscape. This account of artists and writers in France and England explores how modernism survived under authoritarianism, whether Fascism, National Socialism, or Stalinism, and how these artists endured by balancing complicity and resistance.