A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
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A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

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Richard Kostelanetz (Author)  

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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.
Individual entries on Richard Kostelanetz's work appear in various editions of A Reader's Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers, Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Novelists, Postmodern Fiction, Webster's Dictionary of American Writers, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Directory of American Scholars, Who's Who in America, NNDB.com, Wikipedia.org, and Britannica.com, among other distinguished directories. He lives in New York, where he was born.
  • Contributor: Richard Kostelanetz
  • Imprint: Routledge
  • ISBN13: 9781138577435
  • Number of Pages: 216
  • Packaged Dimensions: 219x276mm
  • Packaged Weight: 771
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Release Date: 2019-11-05
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Individual entries on Richard Kostelanetz's work appear in various editions of A Reader's Guide to Twentieth-Century Writers, Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Contemporary Poets, Contemporary Novelists, Postmodern Fiction, Webster's Dictionary of American Writers, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Directory of American Scholars, Who's Who in America, NNDB.com, Wikipedia.org, and Britannica.com, among other distinguished directories. He lives in New York, where he was born.

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