A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Richard Kostelanetz,Richard Carlin

A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 November 2019
Pages
216
ISBN
9781138577442

A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Richard Kostelanetz,Richard Carlin

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.

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