The Brazen Age: New York City and the American Empire - Politics, Art and Bohemia
David Reid
In the 1930s, the rise of Hitler and World War II would send some of Europe's most talented men and women to America's shores, vastly enriching the fields of science, architecture, film, and arts and letters--the list includes Albert Einstein, Erwin Panofsky, Walter Gropius, George Grosz, André Kertész, Robert Capa, Thomas Mann, Hannah Arendt, Vladimir Nabokov, and John Lukacs. Reid draws a portrait of the frenzied, creative energy of a bohemian Greenwich Village, from the taverns to the salons. Revolutionaries, socialists, and intelligentsia in the 1910s were drawn to the highly provocative monthly magazine The Masses, which attracted the era's greatest talent, from John Reed to Sherwood Anderson, Djuna Barnes, John Sloan, and Stuart Davis. And summoned up is a chorus of witnesses to the ever-changing landscape of bohemia, from Malcolm Cowley to Anaïs Nin.
Award History
0 wins · 1 total
| Award | Year | Result | Category / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lynton History Prize | 2017 | Finalist | Secondary source |
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01 Central figures
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- Albert Einstein45%
- Hannah Arendt42%
- Walter Gropius38%
02 Central places
- New York City80%
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- Greenwich Village52%
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The 1930s influx of Europe’s displaced talent, alongside New York City’s bohemian Greenwich Village scene, greatly enriched American science, architecture, film, and arts and letters.
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