Bibliograph

4 saints in 3 acts, a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s, edited by Patricia Allmer and John Sears

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4 saints in 3 acts, a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s, edited by Patricia Allmer and John Sears

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

4 saints in 3 acts

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

986237031

Responsibility statement

edited by Patricia Allmer and John Sears

Sub title

a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s

Summary

Explores Virgil Thomason's 1934 opera Four Saints in Three Acts, focusing on the hitherto neglected significance of photography in documenting the opera and its all-African American cast, and examining the roles of fashion, dance, literature, and music in the opera's popular success; includes photographs by Lee Miller, Carl Van Vechten, George Platt Lynes, White Studio and others

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Four saints in three acts, a snapshot of the American avant-garde in the 1930s

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