The great American thing : modern art and national identity, 1915-1935 / Wanda M. Corn.
1999
N6512 .C597 1999 (Mapit)
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The great American thing : modern art and national identity, 1915-1935 / Wanda M. Corn.
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ISBN
0520210492 (alk. paper)
9780520210493 (alk. paper)
0520231996
9780520231993
9780520210493 (alk. paper)
0520231996
9780520231993
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 447 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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N6512 .C597 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
709/.73/09041
Summary
The author "organizes each chapter around a single work of art, probing first its peculiar poetry, and then its contingent relationships to the history, literature, art criticism, music, and popular culture of the time."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-411) and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Spiritual America
pt. 1. The transatlantics. Américanisme ; An American in Paris ; An Italian in New York
pt. 2. The rooted. And the home of the brave ; The great American thing ; Home, sweet home
Epilogue: The amazing continuity.
pt. 1. The transatlantics. Américanisme ; An American in Paris ; An Italian in New York
pt. 2. The rooted. And the home of the brave ; The great American thing ; Home, sweet home
Epilogue: The amazing continuity.