Download or read book The Last Ulysseans microform Culture and Modernism in Montreal 1930 1939 written by Molly Pulver Ungar and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 2003 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Ulysseans written by MOLLY PULVER. UNGAR and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s, the exciting urban environment of Montreal provided the perfect venue for a varied group of people who came together to form a kind of "salon" in the turmoil of the Great Depression. For ten years, these friends and acquaintances met each week at the home of the artist John Lyman. They saw themselves as "modern," a part of the avant-garde that was then busily changing the world. These Canadian modernists supported left-wing causes, advocated a more stable social order, and heralded a more inclusive culture. More than anything, they searched for a way in which their lives would have meaning. In The Last Ulysseans, Molly Pulver Ungar describes this dynamic group's private and public activities of the group from the beginning of the Great Depression through the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War to the final years of the 1930s. In face of the ominous certainty of another war in Europe, these individuals reached a new understanding of what it meant to live a modern, meaningful life. Their conscious pursuit of new directions in outlook, attitude, and lifestyle influenced many of the changes in post-war North American society.