A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Richard Kostelanetz has updated his renowned A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes to include hundreds of new entries and rewritten earlier ones, providing unique intelligence and information about a wide range of subjects and individuals. The third edition spans various topics, from artistic athletes to collective creations, and honors Samuel Johnson and Nicolas Slonimsky. It is a valuable reference book that can be enjoyed continuously, especially when stranded on a desert isle.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 476 pages
Publication date: 21 January 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Twenty-five years after the publication of A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz returns to his favorite subject for a third edition. Rewriting earlier entries, adding hundreds of new ones, Kostelanetz provides intelligence and information unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, he ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Johan Cruyff, 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 Samuel Johnson and Nicolas Slonimsky (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a reference book to be enjoyed not only in bits and chunks but continuously as one of the dozen books someone would take if they planned to be stranded on a desert isle.

Twenty-five years after the publication of A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz returns to his favorite subject for a third edition. Rewriting earlier entries, adding hundreds of new ones, Kostelanetz provides intelligence and information unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, he ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Johan Cruyff, 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 Samuel Johnson and Nicolas Slonimsky (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a reference book to be enjoyed not only in bits and chunks but continuously as one of the dozen books someone would take if they planned to be stranded on a desert isle.

Weight: 1188g
Dimension: 219 x 276 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032475936
Edition number: 3 ed