Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of Thought
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An iconic figure in American culture, Frank Lloyd Wright is famous throughout the world. Although his achievements in architecture are stunning, it is his importance in cultural history, Jerome Klinkowitz contends, that makes Wright the object of such avid and continuing interest. Designing more than just buildings, Wright offered a concept for living that still influences how people conduct their lives today. Wright's innovations in architecture have been widely studied, but this is the most comprehensive and sustained treatment of his thought.
Klinkowitz presents a critical biography driven by the architect's own work and intellectual growth, focusing on the evolution of Wright's thinking and writings from his first public addresses in 1894 to his last essay in 1959. Did Wright reject all of Victorian thinking about the home, or do his attentions to a minister's sermon on "the house beautiful" deserve closer attention? Was Wright echoing the Transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson, or was he more in step with the philosophy of William James? Did he reject the Arts and Crafts movement, or repurpose its beliefs and practices for new times? And, what can be said of his deep dissatisfaction with architectural concepts of his own era, the dominant modernism that became the International Style? Even the strongest advocates of Frank Lloyd Wright have been puzzled by his objections to so much that characterized the twentieth century, from ideas for building to styles of living.
In Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of Thought, Klinkowitz, a widely published authority on twentieth-century literature, thought, and culture, examines the full extent of Wright's books, essays, and lectures to show how he emerged from the nineteenth century to anticipate the twenty-first. -- Provided by publisher
Keywords
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- Philosophy; Architects -- United States -- Biography;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9780299301446
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Press
City
Madison, WI
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Object Description
xii, 202 pages ; 23 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Klinkowitz, Jerome, "Frank Lloyd Wright and His Manner of Thought" (2014). Faculty Book Gallery. 5.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/5
