a departure as well as a perpetuation.' The relationship between metamodernism and modernism was seen as going 'far beyond homage, toward a reengagement with modernist method in order to address subject matter well outside the range or interest of the modernists themselves.' In 2007, Alexandra Dumitrescu described metamodernism as partly a concurrence with, partly an emergence from, and partly a reaction to, postmodernism, 'champion the idea that only in their interconnection and continuous revision lie the possibility of grasping the nature of contemporary cultural and literary phenomena.' Vermeulen and van den Akker In 1999, Moyo Okediji utilized the term 'metamodern' applying it to contemporary African-American art that issues an 'extension of and challenge to modernism and postmodernism.' In 2002, Andre Furlani, analyzing the literary works of Guy Davenport, defined metamodernism as an aesthetic that is ' after yet by means of modernism. The term appeared as early as 1975, when scholar Mas'ud Zavarzadeh used it to describe a cluster of aesthetics or attitudes which had been emerging in American literary narratives since the mid-1950s. In 1995, Canadian literary theorist Linda Hutcheon stated that a new label for what was coming after postmodernism was necessary. 4.1 Hanzi Freinacht and Nordic metamodernism.3 Overt engagement with metamodernism in the arts.A couple of ideas turned into a couple of artboards in Sketch, that turned into some testing in Brackets, and before I knew it, I had suckered myself into taking the drafts far enough to where I figured that I might as well see it all the way through. Still, I got the itch to try out some ideas. I didn’t really have a great excuse to do a redesign this time around, seeing how I was still reasonably happy with the design that the site had been running from Fall 2017 onwards. I’ve also added some color into the previous black-and-white mix – #3C48D5 is the accent color strewn around the site. I’ve beefed up the theme pages considerably with more information, substantially bigger images and typography with more contrast. I’ve scrapped the old Goodreads-connected Reading List page, as I didn’t like the real estate it took up in the main menu. That was before I stumbled over the serif type family FF More by FontFont being used for titles. I had initially planned on using only Aktiv Grotesk, but in heftier weights for titles (which would’ve looked something like this). It still uses the same sans-serif typeface, Aktiv Grotesk by Dalton Maag, which remains one of my favorite workhorse type families. The new design for the site is more of a development of the old one than a complete overhaul. Midsummer brought with it great food, beer and time to do a new design for this here website.

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