James Dempsey
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049267
- eISBN:
- 9780813050096
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049267.003.0016
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter focuses on the ongoing feud between Thayer and Albert C. Barnes regarding articles on art aesthetics published in The Dial. Barnes first demands that a certain art critic be given the ...
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This chapter focuses on the ongoing feud between Thayer and Albert C. Barnes regarding articles on art aesthetics published in The Dial. Barnes first demands that a certain art critic be given the prestigious Dial Award—a demand Thayer rejects. Barnes next has his tutor write a response to an article on art that appeared in The Dial, but demands that the magazine not carry a response to it. Once again, Thayer ignores Barnes’ demand. The conflict soon escalates, and Barnes threatens to expose Thayer as a “pervert” and to assault him if he doesn't give in.Less
This chapter focuses on the ongoing feud between Thayer and Albert C. Barnes regarding articles on art aesthetics published in The Dial. Barnes first demands that a certain art critic be given the prestigious Dial Award—a demand Thayer rejects. Barnes next has his tutor write a response to an article on art that appeared in The Dial, but demands that the magazine not carry a response to it. Once again, Thayer ignores Barnes’ demand. The conflict soon escalates, and Barnes threatens to expose Thayer as a “pervert” and to assault him if he doesn't give in.
