The Boston cosmopolitans : international travel and American arts and letters / Mark Rennella.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rennella, Mark
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Boston (Mass.) > Intellectual life > 19th century. Boston (Mass.) > Intellectual life > 20th century. Cosmopolitanism > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Intellectuals > Travel > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Artists > Travel > Massachusetts > Boston > History. International travel > Social aspects > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Literature and society > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Arts and society > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Public spaces > Massachusetts > Boston > History. Boston (Mass.) > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

The "poetry of motion" : the effect of travel on the lives and thought of the Boston cosmopolitans
Charles Eliot Norton and the dawning of cosmopolitanism in Boston
Travel and creativity : the role of travel in cosmopolitan invention
Sharing the experience of cosmopolitanism through literature
Expressing cosmopolitanism through art
Architecture : the cosmopolitan contribution to public space
World War I and the demise of the Boston cosmopolitans
The Boston cosmopolitans : contexts and controversies.