NEW YORK INTELLECT

NEW YORK INTELLECT
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Publisher : Knopf
Total Pages : 639
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ISBN-10 : 9780307831521
ISBN-13 : 0307831523
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Download or read book NEW YORK INTELLECT written by Thomas Bender and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Intellect is Thomas Bender's remarkable look at the connections between the life of a city and the life of the mind. New York has never been comfortable or convenient as a milieu for art and intellect, Bender notes. Yet New Yorkers have always struggled to create institutions and styles of thought and writing that reflect the special character of the city, its boundless energies and deep divisions.


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