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Book SynopsisThe Dignity of Every Human Being studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged the tyranny of the Group of Seven with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s.
Trade Review'This is an exceptional study of the intellectual currents running through the New Brunswick artistic community during the 1930s and 1940s.' -- Sean Cadigan Canadian Journal of History vol 51:03:2016 'The author has assembled an impressive array of primary sources in a thoughtful analysis of an alternative vision of Canadian cultural production across these critical decades.' -- Debra Antoncic Labour/Le Travail vol 77 spring 2016 'This is a book to relish. You will be informed and entertained.' -- Ronald J. Jack The Lost Valley Blog Post 27th July 2015
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Part I: Art and Democracy Introduction The Atmosphere: Art and Politics in Canadian Magazines, 1935-1939 Walter Abell, Canadian Culture, and the Maritime Push Part II: The Collective Dream in New Brunswick Art Saint John Two "Giants": "Pro-Artists" Jack Humphrey and Miller Brittain Artists are like this: Common interests of the "Crowd" Arising from the Thirties Dream: Saint John Artists and the Postwar Period Notes
