I. Fatal Destinies -- II. Gilded Age Vanguards -- III. Modern Tempers, Modern Times -- IV. "City of Ambition" -- V. Americans in Paris -- VI. The Search for America -- VII. Radicals and Moderns -- VIII. "Bohemia After Dark": Modern Jazz and The Beat Generation -- IX. The 1960s Musical Avant-Gardes -- X. The Adversary Culture
Summary
"This work looks at how experimental art and the avant-garde artists' lifestyles have influenced the larger American culture since the mid-19th century. The study explores the many ways in which America's experimental artists have impacted upon, and at times transformed, the culture of a modern industrial nation"--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and index
