Description: "A timely and informative book, better described in its subtitle...The main part of the book consists of eight excellent essays by different authors who treat their subjects in a chronological, run-through fashion with some attention to historical background and brief analysis of examples. The subjects are: architecture, art, dance, film, literature, music, photography, and theater. The essays come with notes, bibliographical essays, and extensive bibliographies. In addition, there are an introduction by the editor, two appendixes (one on German and one on Latin American literature), a 30-page 1960-84 "chronology" with year-by-year naming of major works in the various arts, a name-and-title index, and a subject index. For the reader with some general cultural knowledge or for one who is specialized, this is a rich source of information about what is going on in the arts. This reviewer knows of no other one text that does the same or a similar thing." CHOICE

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