| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 493 pages) : portraits |
| Series |
OUP E-Books
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| Contents |
Introduction; Book I: Three Precursors; Book II: Discontent in the Provinces; Book III: London, Where Ezra Pound Appropriated the Salons of Yeats and Hueffer; Book IV: Paris, Where the Stein Families Provided for Visiting Americans; Book V: The Salons of New York; A Note on Archival Sources; A Guide to Abbreviations; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
In American Salons, Robert Crunden provides a sweeping account of the American encounter with European Modernism up to the American entry into World War I. Crunden begins with deft portraits of the figures who were central to the birth of Modernism, including James Whistler, the eccentric expatriate American painter who became the archetypal artist in his dress and behavior, and Henry and William James, who broke new ground in the genre of the novel and in psychology, influencing an international audience in a broad range of fields. At the heart of the book are the American salons--the intimat |
| Analysis |
Arts Modernism History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-485) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Modernism (Art) -- United States
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Arts, American -- 19th century.
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Arts, American -- 20th century.
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ART -- Reference.
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ART -- Performance.
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Arts, American
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Modernism (Art)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
91026718 |
| ISBN |
9781601297846 |
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160129784X |
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1423737318 |
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9781423737315 |
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1280525215 |
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9781280525216 |
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9786610525218 |
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6610525218 |
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0195362209 |
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9780195362206 |
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