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Ego, vanity & megalomania. (Books).(Frank Lloyd Wright & Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence)
Every good correspondence deserves a quarrel, preferably a violent one; it takes an earthquake to trace the contours of a fault line. For fifteen years the architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and the critic Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) enjoyed a lively epistolary friendship, cemented by their commitment to a distinctive American modernism, rooted in the indigenous intellectual tradition of Emerson, Whitman, and Melville. (1) But their brutal falling out over a matter peripheral to their correspondence (American entry into World War II) showed how different their visions were. Such is the theme of this curious and charming book.
In 1926 Mumford received an ...
- Lewis Mumford at 100.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Kay, Jane Holtz December 25, 1995 700+ words
...him like Frank Lloyd Wright," said the society...the last century." Wright called him the first...successor to Emerson," and Mumford was delighted. Four...safety, and pleasure," Mumford wrote in Harper's two...Clarence Stein, Henry Wright and MacKaye, who worked...
- Lewis Mumford and American Modernism: Eutopian Theories for Architecture and...
- Magazine article from: The Architectural Review Saint, Andrew February 1, 1997 700+ words
...and The Brown Decades, Mumford hewed a position out of...Richardson, Sullivan and Wright. Mumford bequeathed it to Hitchcock...kinds) with Frank Lloyd Wright. Here is a fine introduction...Better still, read Mumford's books.
- Memories of Mumford. (Lewis Mumford)
- Magazine article from: National Review Rodman, Selden March 5, 1990 700+ words
...ranging sex life. Mumford, the prophet of architectural...to place Frank Lloyd Wright at the head of his profession...Why, we asked, had Mumford never raised a peep of...against Stalin's terror? Mumford interpreted such assertions...fascism. When he found Wright's name associated with...
- Lewis Mumford's search for man
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times M. W. Newman November 23, 1986 700+ words
...however, only an introduction: Mumford has written more than 30 books...in American history. It was Mumford in the 1920s who first reclaimed...John Root and Frank Lloyd Wright, and one of his pathbreaking...together aspects of this essential Mumford and has added commentaries...
- Fly alive to Mumford situation.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England) February 24, 2006 700+ words
Byline: HOWARD WRIGHT UNHERALDED, but not unnoticed...pay tribute to Dr Jenny Mumford's 25 years' service to...no surprise there, since Mumford was relieved of her role...indication of the regard in which Mumford is held, most especially...
- Carl H. Mumford.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot July 21, 2009 700+ words
FRANKLIN - Carl Henry Mumford, 78, died July 19, 2009. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Rosemont Cemetery, Sedley. Wright Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
- Mumford schools case overturned.
- Newspaper article from: Eagle (Bryan, TX) July 26, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Kelly Brown Jul. 26--Mumford schools case overturned | The Bryan...court has ruled no evidence exists that Mumford schools illegally segregates students...states that the battle between Hearne and Mumford is being fought for transfer dollars rather...
- Lewis Mumford's Reception in German Translation and Criticism. (book reviews)
- The Germanic Review Novak, Frank G., Jr. March 22, 1996 700+ words
...century public intellectual," Lewis Mumford (1895-1990) had close affiliations...A child who never knew his father, Mumford spent many happy hours with his maternal...York restaurant. Throughout his career, Mumford maintained friendships with a number of...