Five Leaves Publications
Arts in society; essays by Angela Carter, John Berger, Reyner Banham, Michael Wood, Dennis Potter and others. (reprint, 1977)
This compilation (a reprint from 1977) features 44 essays by critics and writers Reyner Banham, John Berger, Angela Carter, Albert Hunt, Paul Mayersberg, Dennis Potter, Andrew Weimer, Michael Wood, historian E.P. Thompson, and anthropologist Michael Thompson. All of the essays first appeared in the arts section of New Society from 1964 to 1976 and are reprinted in their original form in this volume. They reflect the objectives of the magazine to present ideas about social change, and cover themes in photography and painting, film, music, marketing and design, television and theater, and buildings and towns. Specific essays discuss D.H. Lawrence, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, A Clockwork Orange, Charlie Chaplin, Francis Bacon, war photography, and male pin-ups, for instance. There is no index. Barker is the former editor of New Society magazine. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
