Yaddo

Author : Micki McGee,New York Public Library
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0231147376

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Yaddo by Micki McGee,New York Public Library Pdf

Yaddo is a rich account of America's premier artists' retreat, which has hosted some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers, composers, and visual artists. Hannah Arendt, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Philip Roth, Clyfford Still, and William Carlos Williams all lived and worked at Yaddo. Richly illustrated with photographs, prints, intimate letters, papers, and ephemera from archives and collections at both Yaddo and TheNew York Public Library, this collection provides a window into the famously private institution, recounting the experiences of the artists who took advantage of a bucolic retreat to tap into--and mingle with--genius. With essays by Marcelle Clements, David Gates, Allan Gurganus, Tim Page, Ruth Price, Barry Werth, Karl Emil Willers, and Helen Vendler, and an overview by curator Micki McGee, Yaddo is a collaborative project that revisits the major moments of twentieth-century American culture and history.

Author : Katrina Trask
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : United States
ISBN : NYPL:33433097920429

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Yaddo by Katrina Trask Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : American essays
ISBN : UOM:39015064112405

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Six Decades at Yaddo by Anonim Pdf

Six authors reminisce about their time at the famed artists' colony and retreat in upstate New York.

Author : Susan Cheever
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501124648

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Home Before Dark by Susan Cheever Pdf

In Home Before Dark, Susan Cheever, daughter of the famously talented writer John Cheever, uses previously unpublished letters, journals, and her own precious memories to create a candid and insightful tribute to her father. While producing some of the most beloved and celebrated American literature of this century, John Cheever wrestled with personal demons that deeply affected his family life as well as his career. In this poignant memoir of a man driven by boundless genius and ambition, Susan Cheever writes with heartwrenching honesty of family life with the father, the writer, and the remarkable man she loved.

Author : Marjorie Peabody Waite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)
ISBN : UVA:X000546090

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Yaddo, Yesterday and Today by Marjorie Peabody Waite Pdf

Author : Derek Mahon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015025190011

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The Yaddo Letter by Derek Mahon Pdf

Author : Lori Laitman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Eloise (Fictitious character : Thompson)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123686557

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Eloise at Yaddo by Lori Laitman Pdf

Author : William L. O'Neill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000159899

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A Better World by William L. O'Neill Pdf

This book chronicles the struggle among non-Communist leftists and liberals over American relations with the Soviet Union from 1939 through the 1950s. Few now care as passionately and as violently as people did then about Soviet-American relations. It was a time when friends became enemies, and others forged strange alliances, all in the name of commitments that today seem remote. A Better World evokes those times and their choices, and explains why these long-ago battles still arouse such deep feelings today - and should.Americans who were pro-Soviet without being members of the Communist party - 'progressives' as they called themselves - had a large emotional investment in the Soviet Union. From 1935 to 1939 literally millions joined the 'Popular Front' of pro-Soviet organizations. O'Neill takes us through the shock of the Stalin-Hitler pact of 1939, through the revival of the Popular Front spurred by government and business support after Russia entered the war against Hitler. He traces the isolation of the anti-Stalinists, the rise and fall of Henry Wallace, and the eclipse of progressivism. And he explores the shifting allegiances of intellectuals as they struggled, often with each other, to influence the course of public debate, with long-lasting consequences for American intellect, culture, and morals.As O'Neill observes in his introduction, 'More than any of my other books A Better World inspired correspondents to send me probing or reflective letters.' It was this response, along with the extraordinary critical debate spurred by initial publication of this volume, that makes the book's continuing importance clear. The dream of achieving a better world through radical violence never dies, and the willingness of apologists to cling to utopian visions persists. As long as it does, the lessons of this book need to be available to us.

Author : Blake Bailey
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400079681

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Cheever by Blake Bailey Pdf

John Cheever spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman, the better to become one of the foremost chroniclers of postwar America. Written with unprecedented access to essential sources—including Cheever’s massive journal, only a fraction of which has ever been published—Bailey’s Cheever is a stunning example of the biographer’s art and a brilliant tribute to an essential author.

Author : Mason Winfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614235231

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Supernatural Saratoga by Mason Winfield Pdf

The ghost walk tour leader and contributor to Haunted Rochester heads east for the horse races, famous springs, and a flood of paranormal phenomena. Author Mason Winfield, operator of Saratoga’s Haunted History Ghost Walks, chronicles the Spa City’s spookiest legends, from the Iroquoian zombie-like vampires to Benedict Arnold’s Halloween apparitions. The heart of the city brims with lore, as covens work in secret in the Devil’s Den neighborhood and phantoms linger at the Arcade on Broadway. In the shadow of the Adirondacks, spectral lights appear on remote Snake Hill, and the Woman in White haunts Saratoga Spa State Park. Explore the creepiest legends of Saratoga history, where some gamblers never leave and demons lurk in the forests. Includes photos!

Author : Marjorie Perloff
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780817351281

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Differentials by Marjorie Perloff Pdf

Introduction: differential reading -- Crisis in the humanities? Reconfiguring literary study for the Twenty First Century -- Cunning passages and contrived corridors: rereading Eliot's "Gerontion" -- The search for "prime words": Pound, Duchamp, and the nominalist ethos -- "But isn't the same at least the same?" Wittgenstein on translation -- "Logocinema of the frontiersman" Eugene Jolas's multilingual poetics and its legacies -- "The silence that is not silence": acoustic art in Samuel Beckett's radio plays -- Language poetry and the lyric subject: Ron Silliman's Albany, Susan Howe's Buffalo -- After language poetry: innovation and its theoretical discontents -- The invention of "concrete prose": Haroldo de Campos's Galaxias and after -- Songs of the Earth: Ronald Johnson's Verbicovisuals -- THe Oulipo factor: The procedural poetics of Christian Bok and Caroline Bergvall -- Filling the space with trace: Tom Raworth's "Letters from Yaddo" -- Teaching the "new" poetries: the case of Rae Armantrout -- Writing poetry/writing about poetry: some problems of affiliation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Country life
ISBN : MINN:31951000739016M

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Country Life in America by Anonim Pdf

Author : Herman Spector
Publisher : Synergistic Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : 0912184035

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Bastard in the Ragged Suit by Herman Spector Pdf

Author : Connie Ann Kirk
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Reference (Philosophy) in literature
ISBN : 9781438108469

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Critical Companion to Flannery O'Connor by Connie Ann Kirk Pdf

Examines the life and writings of Flannery O'Connor, including detailed synopses of her works, explanations of literary terms, biographies of friends and family, and social and historical influences.

Author : Colin Gilbert,Dylan Gilbert,Elizabeth T. Gilbert,Gabriel Guzman,Rebecca Razo,Sharon Robinson,Amy Runyen,David Schmidt
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781616737016

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The Daily Book of Art by Colin Gilbert,Dylan Gilbert,Elizabeth T. Gilbert,Gabriel Guzman,Rebecca Razo,Sharon Robinson,Amy Runyen,David Schmidt Pdf

In today's fast-paced world, creative people are as eager as ever to pursue their artistic passions, but many of them simply don't have enough time. Catering to this modern dilemma, we've concocted the perfect remedy for over-burdened artists. The Daily Book of Art includes a year's worth of brief daily readings and lessons about the visual arts that entertain as they inform. Ten exciting categories of discussion rotate throughout the course of a year, giving readers a well-rounded experience in the art world. From color psychology and aesthetic philosophy to the proverbial argument over whether elephants really can paint, art-starved readers will encounter a broad range of inspiring subjects. The ten categories of discussion include Art 101, Philosophy of Art, Art Through the Ages, Profiles in Art, A Picture’s Worth 200 Words, Art from the Inside Out, Art Around the World, Artistic Oddities, Unexpected Art Forms, and Step-by-Step Exercises.