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Written originally for a special issue of The New Yorker and reissued here with a new forward by the author, Within the Context of No Context is George W. S. Trow's brilliant exposition on the state of American culture and twentieth-century life. Published to widespread acclaim, Within the Context of No Context became an immediate classic and is, to this day, a favorite work of writers and critics alike. Both a chilling commentary on the times in which it was written and an eerie premonition of the future, Trow's work locates and traces, describes and analyzes the components of change in contemporary America -- a culture increasingly determined by the shallow worlds of consumer products, daytime television, and celebrity heroes. "This elegant little book is essential reading for anyone interested in the demise, the terminal silliness, of our culture." -- John Irving, The New York Times Book Review; "In this elegant, poignant essay, written with the grace of a master stylist, George Trow articulates the accelerated impermanence of American culture with a precision that is both flaunting and devastating." -- Rudy Wurlitrer; "Within the Context of No Context is a masterpiece of the century that belongs on a shelf next to Theodore Adorno's Minima Moralia and Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle." -- Michael Tolkin; "Within the Context of No Context may appear to be a book of the mind, for it is suffused with such a keen intelligence, but it is actually a book of the heart -- passionate, brave, and stirring." -- Sue Halpern.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing of the reissue with a new foreword. Margins faintly tanned else fine in trifle soiled, fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Trow on the front fly. Trow's classic indictment of American television, first printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980. Seller Inventory # 570872
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. First time in book form. Originally printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980 and was the first time the magazine dedicated its central section to one writing. This long essay is an indictment of how television destroyed America's sense of public culture and history, as well as how television marketing demographics have divided people based on age and arbitrarily assigned them characteristics that have replaced historical context. The essay has since become a touchstone among intellectuals and has been reprinted several times. Seller Inventory # 314016
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Small stain on the topedge of the text not effecting the interior else fine in a fine dust jacket modestly tanned at the spine and top of the flaps. A sharp copy. Review copy with slip and author photo laid in. First printing in book form. Originally printed in *The New Yorker* in 1980, the first time the magazine dedicated its central section to one piece of writing. An indictment of how television destroyed America's sense of public culture and history, as well as how television marketing demographics have divided people based on age and arbitrarily assigned them characteristics that have replaced historical context. The essay has since become a touchstone among intellectuals and has been reprinted several times. Seller Inventory # 570870