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18. the tradition of the new
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Debra Bricker Balken
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- contents vii
- Prologue ix
- 1. never had any dreams: borough park 1
- 2. in the landscape of sensibility: east houston street 15
- 3. a capacity for action: poetry: a magazine of verse and the new act 26
- 4. we write for the working class: the american writers’ congress 51
- 5. you would have to be recluse to stay out of it: art front 76
- 6. american stuff 99
- 7. myth and history: partisan review 115
- 8. partisans and politics 131
- 9. a totally different america: washington, dc 150
- 10. the profession of poetry: trance above the streets 180
- 11. death in the wilderness: the OWI and the american ad council 199
- 12. notes on identity: VVV and view 215
- 13. possibilities 237
- 14. les temps modernes 256
- 15. an explanation to the french of what was cooking: “the american action painters 268
- 16. guilt to the vanishing point: commentary magazine 288
- 17. a triangle of allegiances: arendt and mccarthy 307
- 18. the tradition of the new 326
- 19. pop culture and kitsch criticism 341
- 20. play acting: arshile gorky 357
- 21. problems in art criticism: artforum 371
- 22. location magazine and the long view 393
- 23. the new yorker 412
- 24. the professor of social thought 452
- Acknowledgments 479
- Notes 485
- Bibliography 587
- Illustration Credits 607
- Index 609
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- contents vii
- Prologue ix
- 1. never had any dreams: borough park 1
- 2. in the landscape of sensibility: east houston street 15
- 3. a capacity for action: poetry: a magazine of verse and the new act 26
- 4. we write for the working class: the american writers’ congress 51
- 5. you would have to be recluse to stay out of it: art front 76
- 6. american stuff 99
- 7. myth and history: partisan review 115
- 8. partisans and politics 131
- 9. a totally different america: washington, dc 150
- 10. the profession of poetry: trance above the streets 180
- 11. death in the wilderness: the OWI and the american ad council 199
- 12. notes on identity: VVV and view 215
- 13. possibilities 237
- 14. les temps modernes 256
- 15. an explanation to the french of what was cooking: “the american action painters 268
- 16. guilt to the vanishing point: commentary magazine 288
- 17. a triangle of allegiances: arendt and mccarthy 307
- 18. the tradition of the new 326
- 19. pop culture and kitsch criticism 341
- 20. play acting: arshile gorky 357
- 21. problems in art criticism: artforum 371
- 22. location magazine and the long view 393
- 23. the new yorker 412
- 24. the professor of social thought 452
- Acknowledgments 479
- Notes 485
- Bibliography 587
- Illustration Credits 607
- Index 609