Cultural amnesia : notes in the margin of my time
James, Clive, 1939-2012
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Containing over 100 original essays, organised by quotations from A to Z, 'Cultural Amnesia' illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the 20th century.
Main title:
Cultural amnesia : notes in the margin of my time / Clive James.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2012.
Collation:
912 p. : ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: W.W. Norton; London: Picador, 2007.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780330481755 (pbk)
Dewey class:
909.82
Language:
English
Subject:
Civilization, Modern -- 20th century -- Biography -- DictionariesIntellectuals -- Biography -- DictionariesArtists -- Biography -- DictionariesMusicians -- Biography -- DictionariesPhilosophers -- Biography -- DictionariesIntellectual life -- History -- 20th centuryHumanism -- History -- 20th centuryBiography
BRN:
146562