{"product_id":"yesterdays-burdens-paperback","title":"Yesterday's Burdens - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Coates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMathilde Roza\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Cowley\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1933 by The Macaulay Company, \u003cem\u003eYesterday's Burdens\u003c\/em\u003e is the second novel by Robert M. Coates, \"Lost Generation\" writer and long-time art critic at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. Prior to publication, three chapters of the novel appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e under the title \"The Dada City\" (1930), and another chapter in \u003cem\u003eThe American Caravan, a Yearbook of American Literature\u003c\/em\u003e (1931).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eYesterday's Burdens\u003c\/em\u003e was first resurrected in 1975 by the Southern Illinois University Press as part of their \"Lost American Fiction\" series, and included a new afterword by Malcolm Cowley. A paperback version of that edition was published the following year by the Popular Library. The novel has been out of print since. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eYesterday's Burden\u003c\/em\u003es contains Malcolm Cowley's afterword from the 1975 edition as well as a new introduction by Mathilde Roza, associate professor of American Literature and American Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and author of \u003cem\u003eFollowing Strangers: The Life and Literary Works of Robert M. Coates\u003c\/em\u003e (University of South Carolina Press, 2011). \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Coates composed the book like a collage, employing an experimental writing style that incorporated billboards, advertising slogans, and traffic signs to make immediate and vivid the perceptions and experiences of the characters. In \u003cem\u003eYesterday's Burdens\u003c\/em\u003e, Coates's 'Dada' spirit brings to life the cacophonous, visually chaotic and mentally demanding life of New York City.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Mathilde Roza \u0026amp; Jack Mearns, \"Collecting Robert M. Coates,\" \u003cem\u003eFirsts, The Book Collector's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, October 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709947547711,"sku":"9780578677248","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/58a5526c9d5839673b0da82f6578d5ed.webp?v=1765053263","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/yesterdays-burdens-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}