The Occult in Modernist Art, Literature, and Cinema

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bauduin, Tessel M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Johnsson, Henrik (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
• Subjects: Religions.; Fine arts.; Secularism.; Comparative Religion.; Fine Arts.

Many modernist and avant-garde artists and authors were fascinated by the occult movements of their day. This volume explores how Occultism came to shape modernist art, literature, and film. Individual chapters examine the presence and role of Occultism in the work of such modernist luminaries as Ra...