THE ASTONISHED MUSE

Denney, Reuel

Verlag: Univ of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1957

Beschreibung

Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Collectible 1957, 1st Edition, published pror to use of ISBN numbers. Steel gray linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Upper text edge dyed green. PO stamp to front cover verso. Vintage late 1950's look at popular media & culture in which sports l dominated. Academic poet & author Reuel Denney (1913 - 1995) tell us the book is ". about the popular culture of mass media, sports & advertisements". The title, with subtle wit, is borrowed from Emerson --- "The astonished Muse finds thousands at her side" ---with contents inspired by commentator of Amercian society, David Riesman (1909 - 2002). A look at mass media as the chief balm of uncommitted time, or leisure hours. in the U.S. during the late 1950's & consequent social behavior. 264 pgs in12 chapters. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000072

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE ASTONISHED MUSE

Verlag: Univ of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

Erscheinungsdatum: 1957

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: First Edition, First Thus