Edward Hopper and the American Imagination

by Deborah Lyons, Edward Hopper, Adam D. Weinberg

A remarkable collection of Edward Hopper's most important paintings and original stories and poems by prominent contemporary writers. This volume includes fifty-nine of Hopper's most important works in full color, as well as original works by thirteen renowned fiction writers and poets that pay homage to, or make reference to, the ways in which Hopper pictured our world. The contributors include Paul Auster, Anne Beattie, Tess Gallagher, Thom Gunn, John Hollander, William Kennedy, Galway Kinnell, Ann Lauterbach, Norman Mailer, Leonard Michaels, Walter Mosley, Grace Paley, and James Salter. Also featured is an essay by art historian Dr. Gail Levin.

Hopper's themes of alienation and loneliness, empty cityscapes and countrysides, the stark light of Cape Cod, silent hills and houses all have been indelibly imprinted on our collective sense of ourselves and our country. This work celebrates the impact Hopper's imagery continues to have on contemporary culture and is dedicated to a fuller understanding of Hopper's place in the American mind. 59 full-color paintings

Genres: Art, Biography, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Ambrose Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good art section on Hopper’s paintings. I wondered about the relevancy of the writings of authors and poets, as only by the stretch of the imagination could what they wrote be about the artist and his paintings. Only a few were about this and talked about the art and the artist.