Collage in Twentieth-Century Art, Literature, and Culture

Emphasizing the diversity of twentieth-century collage practices, Rona Cran''s book explores the role that it played in the work of Joseph Cornell, William Burroughs, Frank O''Hara, and Bob Dylan. For all four, collage was an important creative catalyst, employed cathartically, aggressively, and experimentally. Collage''s catalytic effect, Cran argues, enabled each to overcome a potentially destab...