The Boston cosmopolitans : international travel and American arts and letters

The Boston cosmopolitans : international travel and American arts and letters / Mark Rennella.

Author/creator	Rennella, Mark
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Description	280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Cosmopolitanism--Massachusetts --Boston --History. Intellectuals--Travel --Massachusetts --Boston --History. Artists--Travel --Massachusetts --Boston --History. International travel--Social aspects --Massachusetts --Boston --History. Literature and society--Massachusetts --Boston --History. Arts and society--Massachusetts --Boston --History. Public spaces--Massachusetts --Boston --History. Boston (Mass.)--Intellectual life --19th century. Boston (Mass.)--Intellectual life --20th century. Boston (Mass.)--Biography.

Contents	The "poetry of motion" : the effect of travel on the lives and thought of the Boston cosmopolitans -- Charles Eliot Norton and the dawning of cosmopolitanism in Boston -- Travel and creativity : the role of travel in cosmopolitan invention -- Sharing the experience of cosmopolitanism through literature -- Expressing cosmopolitanism through art -- Architecture : the cosmopolitan contribution to public space -- World War I and the demise of the Boston cosmopolitans -- The Boston cosmopolitans : contexts and controversies.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-273) and index.
LCCN	2007035492
ISBN	0230603823
ISBN	9780230603820

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F 73.5 .R46 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold