A concise dictionary of the avant-gardes:

"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 we...

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Main Author: Kostelanetz, Richard (Author)
Other Authors: Carlin, Richard 1956- (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"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"--
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 215 pages.)
ISBN:9781351266888
1351266888