{"product_id":"the-little-art-colony-and-us-modernism-carmel-provincetown-taos-paperback","title":"The Little Art Colony and Us Modernism: Carmel, Provincetown, Taos - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeneva M. Gano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores the little art communities and their aesthetic products in the early twentieth century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistoricizes and theorizes the role and function of the little art community as a geo-social formation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComparative, place-based study of three semiperipheral (non-metropolitan) sites \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew readings of major authors Jeffers, O'Neill, and Lawrence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInterdisciplinary methodology based in primary source analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges a center-periphery model of modernist activity and literary-aesthetic production and instead emphasizes a network-based, collaborative model\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is first to historicise and theorise the significance of the early twentieth-century little art colony as a uniquely modern social formation within a global network of modernist activity and production. Alongside a historical overview of the emergence of three critical sites of modernist activity - the little art colonies of Carmel, Provincetown and Taos - the book offers new critical readings of major authors associated with those places: Robinson Jeffers, Eugene O'Neill and D. H. Lawrence. Geneva M. Gano tracks the radical thought and aesthetic innovation that emerged from these villages, revealing a surprisingly dynamic circulation of persons, objects and ideas between the country and the city and producing modernisms that were cosmopolitan in character yet also site-specific. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores the little art communities and their aesthetic products in the early twentieth century This book is first to historicise and theorise the significance of the early twentieth-century little art colony as a uniquely modern social formation within a global network of modernist activity and production. Alongside a historical overview of the emergence of three critical sites of modernist activity - the little art colonies of Carmel, Provincetown and Taos - the book offers new critical readings of major authors associated with those places: Robinson Jeffers, Eugene O'Neill and D. H. Lawrence. Geneva M. Gano tracks the radical thought and aesthetic innovation that emerged from these villages, revealing a surprisingly dynamic circulation of persons, objects and ideas between the country and the city and producing modernisms that were cosmopolitan in character yet also site-specific. Geneva M. Gano is Associate Professor of English and Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies at Texas State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneva M. Gano is Associate Professor of English and Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies at Texas State University. She is the current past President of the Robinson Jeffers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783701987616,"sku":"9781474439763","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6943b2bd0dca59b262f5736fc2df35a0.webp?v=1780592811","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-little-art-colony-and-us-modernism-carmel-provincetown-taos-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}