4 Saints in 3 Acts: A Snapshot of the American Avant-Garde in the 1930s

by John Sears

Four Saints in Three Acts by Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson was a major avant-garde phenomenon of the 1930s, an experimental opera that nonetheless achieved remarkable popular success. Photography was a key element of that success, but its complex roles in the construction, representation and dissemination of the opera have hitherto received little critical attention. The photographic recording of the all-African American cast in particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526113031
• ISBN13: 9781526113030
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"