{"product_id":"nine-basic-arts-weiss","title":"Nine Basic Arts","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBy Paul Weiss\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work and a previous one  The World of Art  were originally planned as a single book. The generosity of Mr. Harold Feldman and Mr. John F.Molloy enabled me to send a draft to various friends for criticism. As a result of the suggestions of several readers they now appear as independent though related volumes. Both are in good part the product of an interest in the arts long ago awakened by Eliseo Vivas  and encouraged  nourished  and enriched by Neil Welliver. It has been sustained by conversations with George Howe  King Lui Wu  Paul Rudolph  Peter Millard  Arthur Drexler  Erwin Hauer  Robert Engman  James Brooks  Charlotte Park  C.Marca-Relli  K.R. C.Greene  Howard Boatwright  Richard Sewall  Harry Berger  Cleanth Brooks  Janice Rule  Curt Conway  Kim Stanley  Lee Strasberg  Uta Hagen  Alfred Ryder  John Gassner  Eliot Elisofon  Jonathan Weiss  Robert Thorn  David Slavitt  and Scott Sullivan. A draft of this work was criticized in detail by Ellen Haring  Iredell Jenkins  K.R. C.Greene  Jonathan Weiss  and Richard Sewall. In addition it has had the benefit of comments from John Gassner  Louis Z.Hammer  Dorothy Walsh  Robert Herbert  Vincent Scully  Philip Johnson  Paul Rudolph  Peter Millard  James Brooks  I.C. Lieb  V.C. Chappell  Richard Bernstein  Scott Sullivan  David Slavitt  Theodore Weiss  Henri Peyre  Merce Cunningham  John Cage  and Robert Lowell. I am most grateful to them; they have made it possible to improve the book immeasurably. I have tried to follow the lead of the criticisms which I have received. Divergent vocabularies  outlooks  and stresses  however  have often proved to be great obstacles in the way of a clear and common understanding. None of the foregoing critics should be held accountable for any of the blunders or blurs the work contains. I am glad that this book is being published by Southern Illinois University Press. It is a source of great satisfaction to me that Mr. Vernon Sternberg and his ex...","brand":"Lushena Books","offers":[{"title":"PAPERBACK","offer_id":52437639463192,"sku":"9798890960511","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"HARDCOVER","offer_id":52437639495960,"sku":"9798890960610","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/8203\/8296\/files\/9798890960511.jpg?v=1784923883","url":"https:\/\/lushenabooksinc.com\/products\/nine-basic-arts-weiss","provider":"Lushena","version":"1.0","type":"link"}