Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks And the Dark Side of the American Psyche - Rilegato

Theisen, Gordon; Hopper, Edward

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ISBN 10: 0312333420 ISBN 13: 9780312333423

Casa editrice: Thomas Dunne Books, 2006

Riassunto

A survey of the painting Nighthawks and its twentieth-century creator evaluates what the author believes to be their pervasive impact on American culture and thought, in a detailed analysis that reveals how the work reflects themes of individualism, New York life, and capitalism. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

GORDON THEISEN was born in Queens, New York. He has worked as a landscaper, dishwasher, barback, cashier, library clerk, construction worker, telemarketer, taxi driver, teacher, proofreader, and freelance writer. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, with his wife, two-year-old son, and his wife's cat.

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A fasinating study of Edward Hopper's iconic Nighthawks painting and its deep significance for understanding American culture. Staying up Much Too Late discusses the painting Nighthawks and the painter Edward Hopper and their central importance to twentieth-century American culture. Topics include individualism, New York City, Arthur "Weegee" Fellig, diners, pornography, capitalism, advertising, cigarettes, American philosophy, World War II, Gravity's Rainbow, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Russ Meyer, R. Crumb, David Lynch, and film noir What links these together is the painting's pessimistic take on American culture, which it also seems to epitomize. Despite its desolate feel, Nighthawks has become a familiar icon, reproduced on posters and postcards, in movies and on television shows. But Nighthawks is more than just a masterful painting. It is a portal into that rarely acknowledged but pervasive dark side of the American psyche.

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• Editore: Thomas Dunne Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312333420
• ISBN 13: 9780312333423
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256