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RESEARCH PAPERS

No. 71 (2025)

From Joyce to Bridgerton: Modernism, neo-baroque and the sublimation of form in post-modernity

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12795/themata.2025.i71.04
Submitted
October 16, 2024
Published
2025-07-06

Abstract

The transition from literary modernism to visual neobaroque has profoundly reshaped the relationship between form and content in contemporary art and culture. This article examines how the dynamics of consumer society have influenced this evolution, adapting modernist formalist approaches into an accessible and emotionally resonant yet potentially superficial aesthetic. Using Netflix's Bridgerton as a case study—a series that blends historical and anachronistic elements into an exuberant visual spectacle—this analysis explores how concepts such as Gilles Deleuze's simulacrum and Omar Calabrese's logic of excess illuminate this cultural transformation. Finally, it raises questions about whether this democratization of form enriches or corrupts the original values of cultural products in a market-driven, mass-consumption environment.

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