The Tortured Life of Scofield Thayer |
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| Author:
| Dempsey, James |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-6235-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.00 |
Book Description:
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The influential literary magazine The Dial published most of the great modernist writers, artists, and critics of its day. As publisher and editor from 1920 to 1926, Scofield Thayer was gatekeeper and guide for the movement. In this study, James Dempsey looks beyond the public figure to reveal a paradoxical man fraught with indecisions and insatiable appetites, and deeply conflicted about the artistic movement to which he was patron.
The influential literary magazine The Dial published most of the great modernist writers, artists, and critics of its day. As publisher and editor from 1920 to 1926, Scofield Thayer was gatekeeper and guide for the movement. In this study, James Dempsey looks beyond the public figure to reveal a paradoxical man fraught with indecisions and insatiable appetites, and deeply conflicted about the artistic movement to which he was patron.