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Capital: New York, Capital of the 20th Century / by Kenneth Goldsmith
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FA.SA1.3095
ix, 913 pages ; 26 cm, in slipcase 27 cm
2015
Commercially printed. Softcover book in slipcase.
"An unparalleled and original homage" to New York City "composed entirely of quotations." The quotes are drawn from sources including memoirs, newspaper articles, novels, government documents, and emails, and are "organized into interpretive categories" such as “Sex,” “Commodity,” “Downtown,” “Subway,” and “Mapplethorpe.” Quotes from publisher's website, accessed 8/23/2023.
Style called literary montage by Walter Banjamin.
"An unparalleled and original homage" to New York City "composed entirely of quotations." The quotes are drawn from sources including memoirs, newspaper articles, novels, government documents, and emails, and are "organized into interpretive categories" such as “Sex,” “Commodity,” “Downtown,” “Subway,” and “Mapplethorpe.” Quotes from publisher's website, accessed 8/23/2023.
Style called literary montage by Walter Banjamin.