A Dictionary of the American Avant-Gardes
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| Title: | A Dictionary of the American Avant-Gardes |
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| Description: | For this American edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz has selected from the fuller third edition his entries on North Americans, including Canadians, Mexicans, and resident immigrants. Typically, he provides intelligence unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, Kostelanetz also ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali and the Harlem Globetrotters, and such collective creations as Las Vegas and his native New York City. Continuing the traditions of cheeky high-style Dictionarysts, honoring Ambrose Bierce and Nicolas Slonimsky (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a'reference book'to be treasured not only in bits and chunks, but continuously as one of the ten books someone would take if they planned to be stranded on a desert isle. |
| Authors: | Richard Kostelanetz |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--United States--Dictionaries, Arts, American--21st century--Dictionaries, Arts, American--20th century--Dictionaries, Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--North America--Dictionaries |
| Categories: | ART / American / General, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century, ART / Popular Culture, ART / Reference, ART / Performance, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | For this American edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz has selected from the fuller third edition his entries on North Americans, including Canadians, Mexicans, and resident immigrants. Typically, he provides intelligence unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, Kostelanetz also ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali and the Harlem Globetrotters, and such collective creations as Las Vegas and his native New York City. Continuing the traditions of cheeky high-style Dictionarysts, honoring Ambrose Bierce and Nicolas Slonimsky (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a'reference book'to be treasured not only in bits and chunks, but continuously as one of the ten books someone would take if they planned to be stranded on a desert isle. |
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| ISBN: | 9781138577350 9781138577367 9781351267021 9781351267038 9781351267045 |
