Reply #45: Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History And The Arts [View All]

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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History And The Arts
Clive James
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Critic Clive James has penned over one hundred original essays on the people he believes shaped today's understanding of the twenieth century. Spanning everything from the arts to politics, Mr. James organizes his profiles in alphabetical order, placing Alfred Einstein next to Duke Ellington and Mao Zedong just prior to an essay on Thomas Mann.

Clive James is the author of several books of criticism, autobiography, and poetry. He has been awarded Australia's premier prize for poetry, the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal and is a member of the Order of Australia. He is a contributor to the New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker.