Yaddo

Making American Culture
Herausgeber: McGee, Micki

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Established by a pair of philanthropists who believed adamantly in the power of creativity, Yaddo has hosted some of the twentieth century's most renowned writers, composers, and visual artists, including Hannah Arendt, Milton Avery, James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Elizabeth Bishop, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Connor, Aaron Copland, Langston Hughes, Carson McCullers, Sylvia Plath, Clyfford Still, Philip Roth, and William Carlos Williams. The story of Yaddo's genesis and evolution offers a fascinating glimpse of not only the workings of this famously private institution but also the lives and historical circumstances of the artists who lived and worked there. Published to coincide with The New York Public Library's exhibition on Yaddo's role in the development of twentieth century culture, Creative Power is a richly illustrated examination of America's premier artists' colony and its relationship to the ideals of democracy and individuality. From Aaron Copland to Robert Lowell, the book shares the stories of individuals who visited this quiet haven and the debates and controversies that threatened to shatter its tranquility. Assembled by Yaddo curator Micki McGee, with essays by Marcelle Clements, David Gates, Allan Gurganus, Tim Page, Ruth Price, Barry Werth, Karl Emil Willers, and Helen Vendler, Creative Power composes a history that is itself a work of art, a collaborative project that both reflects and incorporates the major moments of a century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 213mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780231147378
• ISBN-10: 0231147376
• Artikelnr.: 24424140

Autorenporträt

Edited by Micki McGee

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by David S. Ferriero and Elaina Richardson
Preface
1. Creative Power: Yaddo and the Making of American Culture, by Micki McGee
2. Refuge and Crucible: Newton Arvin's Yaddo, by Barry Werth
3. The Trailblazer: Aaron Copland and the Festivals of American Music, by
Tim Page
4. In Good Company: Visual Artists at Yaddo, by Karl E. Willers
5. The Ghosts of Yaddo: What They Taught, by Allan Gurganus
6. Living with Artists Is More Fun, by Helen Vendler
7. The Longest Stay: Agnes Smedley, Yaddo, and the "Lowell Affair", by Ruth
Price
8. Writ in Water: The Rise and Fall of Literary Reputations, by David Gates
9. Crème de la Crème: Highbrows, Lowbrows, Voracious Omnivores, High, Low,
and Hi-Lo, by Marcelle Clements
Note on the Trasks and the Founding of Yaddo
Yaddo Timeline, 1874–1980
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Illustration Credits
Index