Republic of Dreams

Republic of Dreams

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780684869964
Untertitel:
Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960
Autor:
Ross Wetzsteon
Herausgeber:
Simon & Schuster
Anzahl Seiten:
664
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2003
ISBN:
0684869969

Zusatztext Houston Chronicle A deeply researched and beautifully wrought feast of information and poetics...a sort of Plutarch's Lives of...the obsessed pilgrims who founded the Republic of Dreams . Informationen zum Autor Ross Wetzsteon Klappentext A richly woven history of Greenwich Village's Golden Age and of the artists! rebels! and eccentrics who make the Village a cultural phenomenon. Ross Wetzsteon presents a vibrant portrait of the Village through the remarkable and often interrelated stories of its legendary residents! including Eugene O'Neill; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Dawn Powell; the fiery and passionate anarchist Emma Goldman; the pioneering advocate of birth control! Margaret Sanger; and the group of Abstract Expressionists including Jackson Pollock. Zusammenfassung A richly woven history of Greenwich Village's Golden Age and of the artists, rebels, and eccentrics who make the Village a cultural phenomenon. Ross Wetzsteon presents a vibrant portrait of the Village through the remarkable and often interrelated stories of its legendary residents, including Eugene O'Neill; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Dawn Powell; the fiery and passionate anarchist Emma Goldman; the pioneering advocate of birth control, Margaret Sanger; and the group of Abstract Expressionists including Jackson Pollock.

Houston Chronicle A deeply researched and beautifully wrought feast of information and poetics...a sort of Plutarch's Lives of...the obsessed pilgrims who founded the Republic of Dreams.

Autorentext
Ross Wetzsteon was a top editor and drama critic at the Village Voice for 32 years and also served the paper briefly as editor in chief. As a journalist and critic his writing appeared in many American publications. He died in 1998.

Klappentext
A richly woven history of Greenwich Village's Golden Age and of the artists, rebels, and eccentrics who make the Village a cultural phenomenon. Ross Wetzsteon presents a vibrant portrait of the Village through the remarkable and often interrelated stories of its legendary residents, including Eugene O'Neill; Edna St. Vincent Millay; Dawn Powell; the fiery and passionate anarchist Emma Goldman; the pioneering advocate of birth control, Margaret Sanger; and the group of Abstract Expressionists including Jackson Pollock.


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