The Arts in Renewal / Sculley Bradley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradley, Sculley, Editor.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

The Benjamin Franklin Lectures of the University of Pennsylvania

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern.

Literature.

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Five brilliant essays on the renewal in the arts at a time when civilization was on the threshold of sweeping change. The authors discuss not merely a change in the forms or the subject matter of the arts but a spiritual phenomenon. Each emphasizes the artist's responsibility both to the individual self and to the society that he or she expresses.Contributors: Lewis Mumford, Pete Viereck, James A. Michener, William Schuman, and Marc Connelly.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

From Revolt to Renewal

Beyond Revolt: The Education of a Poet

On Freedom in Music

The Conscience of the Contemporary Novel

The Old Theatre and the New Challenge

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512814736

1512814733

OCLC:

979582054