Editorial: Twentieth-Century Music – Plural

Related trends in music and painting of the twentieth century

ions exist in their own neutral field, usually b~ack, grey or white, a kind of cosmic space capable of infinite extension. The picture frame cuts into this space -it does not limit it. Now a work of art must have coherence. Two principles of organization, giving coherence to the modern work of art, seem to stand out to the observer. The first of these is that the forms within the work interact ...

The "Anxiety of Influence" in Twentieth-Century Music

Twentieth-century Theatre

Downloaded: 30 May 2012 IP address: 148.88.176.155 In his excellent introductory essay, Mayer not only discusses the theatrical history, nature, and function of the plays, but also their ideological significance both in Britain and America. He sees them as a response to many of the cultural and social anxieties of the age: the crisis of religious faith, the rise of feminism, the emergence of cl...

Twentieth Century Discovery

The overwhelming proliferation of scientific and technologic information in the twentieth century is a fact of life to which literate people must adjust. Those deeply engrossed in one aspect of the phenomenon find the maintenance of a balanced "overview" increasingly difficult. Even the very well-organized and energetic reader often feels that "keeping up" is almost impossible. Contributions su...

The Twentieth Century

The articles, representing different schools of thought, include such subjects as "Sickness or Sin?" by Barbara Wooton; "The Rooted Sorrow" by Dr. Emanuel Miller; and "Psycho-Pathology in Industrial Life" by Elliott Jacques; two others poignantly describe conditions in individual mental hospitals as experienced by an ex-patient, and by a male mental nurse. All the articles are written designedl...