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Overview
This is a perceptive study of the relationship between technology and culture. Orvell discusses Whitman and his world, then considers material culture, photography, and literature. Among the cultural figures discussed are writers Henry James, John Dos Passos, and James Agee; photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Margaret Bourke-White; and architect-designers Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. A witty essay on the significance of junk in the 1930s concludes the book.
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Intriguing.New York Times
Stippled with descriptive insights that will reward any reader interested in the . . . debate between copying and creating the 'real thing.
Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
A rich and complex study. It casts new and revealing light on the cultural transformations of the early 20th century.
New Republic
A smoothly written, imaginatively researched study.
Kirkus Reviews
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Explores the use of mechanical technology to create works of art that were part of, not merely representations of, reality, and argues that from this tension developed the categories of imitation and authenticity so important to our culture. Begins the series edited by Alan Trachtenberg. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)New Republic
A rich and complex study. It casts new and revealing light on the cultural transformations of the early 20th century. By focusing on the tensions between authenticity and imitation within artistic forms, Orvell provides a new and challenging context for understanding figures too easily subject to formulaic interpretation.New York Times Book Review
This intriguing cross-cultural look at the material world examines the day and age of the facsimile: why we copy rather than 'create,' at one level; and at another, what is reality?Product Details
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