Men In Black by John Harvey
Men's clothes went black in the nineteenth century: Dickens, Ruskin and Baudelaire all asked why it was, in this age of supreme wealth and power, that men wanted to dress as if going to a funeral. For an answer one must look at the history of black.
It's the claim of some books that they will change your life, Men in Black makes no such claim, yet it undoubtedly will if you read it.. a brilliantly sustained, illuminating and subtle disquisition on the malaise of nineteenth and twentieth-century English society - you will probably never put on a black garment again, man or woman, without resonating like a tuning fork with the memory of what you have read. Literary Review The precision of Mr Harvey's commentary and the ease with which he wears his research and learning make Men in Black seem like a walk through history by someone who knows what he's talking about ... always interesting and beautifully written. The Washington Times
John Harvey is a novelist and critic. He taught for the Cambridge English Faculty from 1974, and in 2000 became University Reader in Literature and Visual Culture. He is a Life Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is the author of Men in Black (Reaktion, 1997) and The Story of Black (Reaktion, 2013).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780948462740 |
| ISBN 10 | 0948462744 |
| Title | Men In Black |
| Author | John Harvey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 1997-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
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