Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American PsycheMacmillan, 2007年4月1日 - 256 頁 A fascinating study of Edward Hopper's iconic Nighthawks painting and its deep significance for understanding American culture. |
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... Means You Don't Know Who You Are 82 5. Wayward Lust, Part 1: Hard-core Nighthawks 102 6. Wayward Lust, Part 2: Wicked Women and Weak-Willed Men 122 7. Cheap Cigars and Ex-Lax 144 8. How to Expect Failure and Avoid Disappointment 165 9 ...
... means is to undertake a negative case study, to analyze a trend by focusing on where it collapses. We might, for example, see a cheerful, chatty, sunny-voiced, brighteyed car dealer—“Have I got the perfect deal for you, my friend, and I ...
... mean by the term “American scene,” as much as would, say, a small-town soda fountain or sandlot baseball game. The painting has a definite sense of place to it, one that depends upon, and even helps to define, an American way of living ...
... mean something, anything, art must provide a specific sense of where you are and where you have been, of your particular take on the larger history of which you, willingly or not, form a part. Hopper's first title for Skyline Near ...
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Chapter 2 One Man One Big Damned City | 41 |
Chapter 3 The End of the World Came Sometime Yesterday | 60 |
Chapter 4 When Freedom Means You Dont Know Who You Are | 82 |
Hardcore Nighthawks | 102 |
Wicked Women and WeakWilled Men | 122 |
Chapter 7 Cheap Cigars and ExLax | 144 |
Chapter 8 How to Expect Failure and Avoid Disappointment | 165 |
Chapter 9 Desperate Schemes | 185 |
Chapter 10 America Noir | 205 |
Notes on Sources | 223 |
Acknowledgments | 233 |
Index | 235 |