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The real thing : imitation and authenticity in American culture, 1880-1940 / Miles Orvell.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E169.1 .O783 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orvell, Miles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Material culture--United States.
- Material culture.
- United States.
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Photography--United States--History.
- Photography.
- History.
- Imitation.
- Authenticity (Philosophy).
- United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--1918-1945.
- United States--Intellectual life--1865-1918.
- Intellectual life.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 341-374.
- ISBN:
- 0807818372
- 080784246X
- OCLC:
- 18381212
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