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Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers K15A-04161
Documents the interactions of many of the nation's most celebrated writers and artists during the Reconstruction Era, in a series of portraits told through a metaphorical journey of a hummingbird that illuminates period beliefs about such topics as religion, sexuality, and family. 40,000 first printing.
Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:
Christopher Benfey is Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. He is a prolific critic and essayist who writes for The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, and The New York Review of Books. He also serves as a regular art critic for the online magazine Slate. Benfey has published three books set in the American Gilded Age: The Double Life of Stephen Crane, Degas in New Orleans, and The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Christopher Benfey is Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College.
Titel: A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and ...
Verlag: Penguin Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag