The Arts in Renewal JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Ducks Sutton’s novel possesses a moral

Sutton’s novel possesses a moral authority rare in contemporary fiction

The book moves beyond considerations of accuracy in translation by exploring the resonances and social logics of intercultural communication in their historical context

industrial landscape and class relations became displaced onto the figure of the Chinese labor immigrant who struggled for inclusion at a time when black freedmen were fighting to redefine citizenship

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The Arts in Renewal JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Ducks Sutton’s novel possesses a moralFive brilliant essays on the renewal in the arts at a time when civilization was on the threshold of sweeping change. The authors discuss not merely a change in the forms or the subject matter of the arts but a spiritual phenomenon. Each emphasizes the artist's responsibility both to the individual self and to the society that he or she expresses. Contributors: Lewis Mumford, Pete Viereck, James A. Michener, William Schuman, and Marc Connelly.