4 Saints in 3 Acts
A Snapshot of the American Avant-Garde in the 1930s
Four Saints in Three Acts by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson was a major avant-garde phenomenon of the 1930s, an experimental opera that nonetheless achieved remarkable popular success. Photography was a key element of that success, but its complex roles in the construction, representation and dissemination of the opera have hitherto received little critical attention. The photographic recording of the all-African American cast in particular affords a unique insight into the complexities of Four Saints in relation to the Harlem Renaissance and the New York avant-gardes of the time. This book, published in collaboration with The Photographer…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Sears, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5261-1303-0
- EAN: 9781526113030
- Produktnummer: 22956813
- Verlag: Manchester University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.3 cm 459 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 459
Über den Autor
Patricia Allmer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Edinburgh John Sears is an independent scholar
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