Melancholic Modernism.
"When I had journeyed half of our life's way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray." (Alighieri, 1980, p.3)
Modernism. "A term referring to the literature and art developed during the early part of the twentieth century beginning with World War I and lasting until World War II. It is defined by its rejection of classical literary conventions and traditions of the nineteenth century and by its opposition to morality." (Bellisario, 2005, p.132) Scientific rationalization has largely grown in the 20th century. This inevita…
