{"product_id":"toward-a-modernist-style-donald-pizer-9781623561185","title":"Toward a Modernist Style: John Dos Passos","description":"A new appraisal of Dos Passos's work and life, \u003ci\u003eToward a Modernist Style \u003c\/i\u003edescribes both the central currents in his early work, and his full participation in literary modernism, culminating in his \u003ci\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/i\u003e trilogy, as well as the relationship of these currents to those of an especially vibrant period in American expression. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Pizer charts the evolution of Dos Passos's artistic sensibility from its largely conventional expression at the start of the 1920s to the radical formal experimentation of \u003ci\u003eU.S.A.\u003c\/i\u003e at its close. He places this development in Dos Passos's writing in the context of contemporary ideas about art and society. Pizer also looks at the important roles that Dos Passos's expatriation and his relationship with Ernest Hemingway played in his work as well as his efforts as a painter and their relationship to his literary art. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eToward a Modernist Style\u003c\/i\u003e is both an incisive guide to a major American modernist as well as an exploration of the wider currents that created literary modernism in the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Pizer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623561183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623561185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014","brand":"Donald Pizer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125074063615,"sku":"9781623561185","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a9d9739-a29c-4815-97da-0371689c04f9.jpg?v=1687440489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toward-a-modernist-style-donald-pizer-9781623561185","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}