Regarding the Popular : De Gruyter : 9783110274561 : 3110274566 : 17 Nov 2011 : Regarding the Popular charts the complex relationship between the avant-gardes and modernisms on the one hand and popular culture on the other. Covering (neo-)avant-gardists and modernists from various European countries, this second volume in the series European Avant-Garde and Modernism Studies explores the nature of so-called ?low? culture, dealing with aspects as diverse as the everyday and the folkloric. Regarding the Popular charts the many ways in which the allegedly ?high? modernists and avant-gardists looked at and represented the ?low?. As such, this book will appeal to all those with an interest in the dynamic of modern experimental arts and literatures. The avant-garde and modernism take centre-stage within European academia today. The experimental literatures and arts in Europe between ca. 1850 and 1950, and their aftermath, figure prominently on curricula, while modernism and avant-garde