
A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
Concise edition
Richard Kostelanetz(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-138-57744-2 (ISBN)
Description
For a concise edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz selects entries from the 2018 third edition. 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 Samuel Johnson (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a "reference book" to be enjoyed, not only in bits and chunks but continuously as one of the ten books someone would take if he or she planned to be stranded on a desert isle.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
50 b/w images
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 219 mm
Weight
604 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-57744-2 (9781138577442)
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A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
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Richard Kostelanetz
A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
E-Book
11/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Person
Individual entries on Richard Kostelanetz's work appear in various editions of A Reader's Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers, Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Novelists, Postmodern Fiction, Webster's Dictionary of American Writers, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Directory of American Scholars, Who's Who in America, NNDB.com, Wikipedia.org, and Britannica.com, among other distinguished directories. He lives in New York, where he was born.
Content
Foreword Preface Introduction The Dictionary Biographical Notes