Antedating of "Postmodern"

[James Harbeck]

>postmodern (OED3 1925)
>
>1918 William Dean Howells in _Harper's Magazine_ Jan. 301 It seems to us
>that in this point the post-moderns have gone beyond the old masters who
>rather taught that there were penalties for--.
>
>1921 Wilson Follett in _Harper's Magazine_ June 114  So much for the
>misapplied theory which has helped set the artist's nerves a-quiver and
>incited him to the fantastic extremes of post-modern art, literary and
>other.

Wow! Is there context to make it clear what in particular the author
is referring to with post-modern? Is there any consistency with its
later application? Can we trace any clear connection, or is it an
independent neologism?

Ciao,
James Harbeck.

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