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The Boston cosmopolitans : international travel and American arts and letters

Title
The Boston cosmopolitans : international travel and American arts and letters / Mark Rennella.
Author
Rennella, Mark.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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280 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
"The Boston Cosmopolitans traces the progression of cosmopolitanism from the private experience of artists and intellectuals who lived and worked in Boston between 1865 and 1915 to finished works of monumental art that shaped public space. Focusing on key figures, such as Henry James, Charles Eliot Norton, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Henry Hobson Richardson, it illuminates a neglected chapter in American intellectual life while providing insight into the history of the United States in a global context."--BOOK JACKET.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.
Contents
1. The "Poetry of Motion": The Effect of Travel on the Lives and Thought of the Boston Cosmopolitans -- 2. Charles Eliot Norton and the Dawning of Cosmopolitanism in Boston -- 3. Travel and Creativity: The Role of Travel in Cosmopolitan Invention -- 4. Sharing the Experience of Cosmopolitanism through Literature -- 5. Expressing Cosmopolitanism through Art -- 6. Architecture: The Cosmopolitan Contribution to Public Space -- 7. World War I and the Demise of the Boston Cosmopolitans -- Afterword: The Boston Cosmopolitans: Contexts and Controversies.
ISBN
  • 0230603823
  • 9780230603820
LCCN
  • 2007035492
  • 40015286217
OCLC
  • ocn171287582
  • 171287582
  • SCSB-5398706
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Columbia University Libraries