Notes on contributors p. viii
Acknowledgments p. xi
Introduction: The missing link Stephen Ross p. 1
Part I Theory's modernism: concrete connections p. 19
1 Rip the veil of the old vision across, and walk through the rent: thinking through affect in D. H. Lawrence and Deleuze and Guattari Anneleen Masschelein p. 23
Deleuze and his sources: Response to Anneleen Masschelein Ian Buchanan p. 40
2 Modernism, postmodernism, and the two sublimes of surrealism Roger Rothman p. 49
The two sublimes, fourth time around: Response to Roger Rothman Allan Stoekl p. 60
3 "What true project has been lost?" Modern art and Henri Lefebvre's Critique of Everyday Life Thomas S. Davis p. 65
Disdained everyday fields: Response to Thomas S. Davis Ben Highmore p. 80
4 Time and its countermeasures: modern messianisms in Woolf, Benjamin, and Agamben Hilary Thompson p. 86
Time's exception: Response to Hilary Thompson Pamela Caughie p. 99
Part II Modernism's theory: abstract affiliations p. 113
5 The persistence of the old regime: late modernist form in the postmodern period Neil Levi p. 117
In the time of theory, the timeliness of modernism: Response to Neil Levi Glenn Willmott p. 127
6 Invisible times: modernism as ruptural unity C. D. Blanton p. 137
More than a hint of desperation-historicizing modernism: Response to C. D. Blanton Morag Shiach p. 153
7 "This new evolution of art": Adorno's modernism as a re-orientation of aesthetics Oleg Gelikman p. 156
What's new? On Adorno and the modernist aesthetics of novelty: Response to Oleg Gelikman Martin Jay p. 171
8 Fables of progression: modernism, modernity, narrative Andrew John Miller p. 176
Modernism and the moment of defeat: Response to Andrew John Miller Scott McCracken p. 190
Part III Forum p. 195
9 Aesthetics Charles F. Ltieri p. 197
10 Ethics Melba Cuddy-Keane p. 208
11 Green Bonnie Kime Scott p. 219
12 Avant-garde Jane Goldman p. 225
13 Theory Susan Stanford Friedman p. 237
Afterword Fredric Jameson p. 247
Index p. 253