The Creators
A History of Heroes of the Imagination
$40.49
- Paperback
832 pages
- Release Date
7 December 1993
Summary
By piecing the lives of selected individuals into a grand mosaic, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Daniel J. Boorstin explores the development of artistic innovation over 3,000 years. A hugely ambitious chronicle of the arts that Boorstin delivers with the scope that made his Discoverers a national bestseller.
Even as he tells the stories of such individual creators as Homer, Joyce, Giotto, Picasso, Handel, Wagner, and Virginia Woolf, Boorstin assembles them into a grand mosa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679743750 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679743758 |
| Author: | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 832 |
| Release Date: | 7 December 1993 |
| Weight: | 646g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 129mm x 45mm |
| Series: | Knowledge Series |
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Critics Review
“The capston to one of the greatest careers in the history of American intellectual endeavor. With The Creators, Boorstin enters the ranks of the ‘heroes of the imagination.’” —George F. Will
“A remarkable achievement an a pleasure to read.” —The New York Times Book Review
“There are few writers who could tackle so vast a subject with as much verve or self-assurance or infectious enthusiam as Boorstin… . He combines lively opinion a distinguished historian’s erudition, with a first-class journalist’s clarity and eye for the revealing anecdote … irresitible.” —USA Today
About The Author
Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J. Boorstin was the author of The Americans, a trilogy (The Colonial Experience; The National Experience, and The Democratic Experience) that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.
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