Collage in Twentieth-Century Art, Literature, and Culture: Joseph Cornell, William Burroughs, Frank O’Hara, and Bob Dylan

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Review "Rona Cran’s study of this highly experimental technique - particularly its evolution in late modernism and early postmodernism - is rendered in clear and provocative language. Her book unfolds as artistically as a collage, the discovery apparent in the telling." - Timothy Gray, CUNY - College of Staten Island "a thoughtful set of related essays on an American quartet – collagist and box-maker extraordinaire Joseph Cornell, novelist William Burroughs, poet Frank O’Hara, and finally Bob Dylan, the ongoing question as to whether the latter is best described as poet, musician, multi-media, or sui generis artist being one that Rona Cran answers more convincingly than most." - Geoff Ward, Cambridge Quarterly "Cran, in effect, uses her impressionistic interpretation of selected artworks as a way of curating an exhibition-like concept in book form." -Kevin J. Hunt, Journal of American Studies "Rona Cran’s Collage in Twentieth-Century Art, Literature, and Culture: Joseph Cornell, William Burroughs, Frank O’Hara, and Bob Dylan' revitalizes the concept of collage by considering its role in capturing lived experience and its ability to integrate various mediums into one embodied encounter [...] Through its interdisciplinary approach to collage, Collage in Twentieth-Century Art, Literature, and Culture appeals to a wide array of scholarly audiences and might have some attraction even for a general readership. Employing principles of visual art in textual analyses of prose and poetry, both literary and musical, the project leans in the direction of literary studies. However, the inclusion of popular culture movements including Dylan’s folk music and Burroughs’s connection to the Beat movement might lend itself to popular audiences who have a keen interest in countercultural movements." - Sarah Nolan, Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature Read more About the Author Rona Cran is a Lecturer in Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham. Read more