Chicago renaissance : literature and art in the Midwest metropolis / Liesl Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Liesl, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Illinois--Chicago--History and criticism.

Arts and society--Illinois--Chicago--History--19th century.

Arts and society.

Arts and society--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.) : 88 b-w illus.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A fascinating history of Chicago's innovative and invaluable contributions to American literature and art from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality to the modernist movement. Author Liesl Olson traces Chicago's cultural development from the 1893 World's Fair through mid-century, illuminating how Chicago writers revolutionized literary forms during the first half of the twentieth century, a period of sweeping aesthetic transformations all over the world. From Harriet Monroe, Carl Sandburg, and Ernest Hemingway to Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks, Olson's enthralling study bridges the gap between two distinct and equally vital Chicago-based artistic "renaissance" moments: the primarily white renaissance of the early teens, and the creative ferment of Bronzeville. Stories of the famous and iconoclastic are interwoven with accounts of lesser-known yet influential figures in Chicago, many of whom were women. Olson argues for the importance of Chicago's editors, bookstore owners, tastemakers, and ordinary citizens who helped nurture Chicago's unique culture of artistic experimentation.Cover art by Lincoln Schatz

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Interlude. Chicago, October 21, 1892

One. Porkpackers and Poetry

Interlude. Ohio and Chicago, 1912

Two. Stink of Chicago

Interlude. Paris, May-June 1929

Three. Hemingway's Readers

Interlude. Chicago, November 7, 1934

Four. Stein Comes to Chicago

Interlude. Chicago, Fall 1941

Five. White City, Black Metropolis

Conclusion

Appendix. Makers of Modernism in Chicago, from the World's Fair through Midcentury

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-349) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-300-23113-X

OCLC:

1143797420