Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. xii (1), 239 pp, preface by Lawrence Durrell, Introduction to a Misreported War, Prologue, I: Interlude: Why Intellectuals Hate Stories; The One Unchallenged Faith; Interlude: What Kind of World Do Students Face Today?; II: The Literature of Fractions; Interlude: Is There Any Hope for Writers? Dust Jacket Condition: As New. III: The Mythmaking Sweepstakes; Interlude: Where a Minority Rules IV: Painting and Sculpture: Waiting for Michelangelo Jones; Interlude: Myths That Sell Paintings V: Music and the Sacred; Interlude: What Endures in Music? VI: Theatre and the Profane; Interlude: The Audience Creates the Theatre VII: Architecture and Architypes; Interlude: No Comment VIII: The Philosophy of the 8-Ball; Interlude: Who is the Escapist. the Artist or the Businessman? IX: Science and Art; Interlude: Up-to-Dateness in Art X: Politics and the Young American Prince; Interlude: The Comparative Intelliiigence of Jews and Gentiles Epilogue: Interlude: The Right Attitude toward Women Appendix. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Grey cloth..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003442
Title: The Perennial Avantgarde
Author: Sykes, Gerald
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0136571972
ISBN 13: 9780136571971
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Place of Publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Date Published: 1971
Keywords: SOCIOLOGY POP CULTURE AVANT GARDE SOCIAL CRITIQUE
Bookseller catalogs: SOCIOLOGY;
Size: 8vo

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