{"product_id":"constellation-of-genius-9780374717865","title":"Constellation of Genius","description":"\u003cp\u003eEzra Pound referred to 1922 as Year One of a new era. It was the year that began with the publication of James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eand ended with the publication of T. S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e, two works that were arguably \"the sun and moon\" of modernist literature, some would say of modernity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eConstellation of Genius\u003c\/i\u003e, Kevin Jackson puts the titanic achievements of Joyce and Eliot in the context of the world in which their works first appeared. As Jackson writes in his introduction, \"On all sides, and in every field, there was a frenzy of innovation.\" It is in 1922 that Hitchcock directs his first feature; Kandinsky and Klee join the Bauhaus; the first AM radio station is launched; Walt Disney releases his first animated shorts; and Louis Armstrong takes a train from New Orleans to Chicago, heralding the age of modern jazz. On other fronts, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEinstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics, insulin is introduced to treat diabetes, and the tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered. As Jackson writes, the sky was \"blazing with a 'constellation of genius' of a kind that had never been known before, and has never since been rivaled.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstellation of Genius \u003c\/i\u003etraces an unforgettable journey through the diaries of the actors, anthropologists, artists, dancers, designers, filmmakers, philosophers, playwrights, politicians, and scientists whose lives and works--over the course of twelve months--brought a seismic shift in the way we think, splitting the cultural world in two. Was this a matter of inevitability or of coincidence? That is for the reader of this romp, this hugely entertaining chronicle, to decide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374717865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.99d","brand":"Kevin Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636677013660,"sku":"9780374717865","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f9e15692-0ae1-481d-85d1-55ca60f61820.jpg?v=1603842618","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/constellation-of-genius-9780374717865","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}