The Real Thing
Imitation and Authenticity in American Culture, 1880-1940
Will be published approx. on 30. April 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
408 pages
978-0-8078-4246-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a perceptive study of the relationship between technology and culture. Orvell discusses Whitman and his world, then considers material culture, photography, and literature. Among the cultural figures discussed are writers Henry James, John Dos Passos, and James Agee; photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Margaret Bourke-White; and architect-designers Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. A witty essay on the significance of junk in the 1930s concludes the book.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
641 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-4246-1 (9780807842461)
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Person
Miles Orvell is professor of English and American studies at Temple University. He is the author of The Death and Life of Main Street: Small Towns in American Memory, Space, and Community.