The Pulitzer Prize Archive. Volume 6 Cultural Criticism 1969-1990: From Architectural Damages to Press Imperfections [Reprint 2011 ed.] 9783110972283, 9783598301766

Table of contents :
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DISTINGUISHED CRITICISM
SELECTIONS FROM AWARD-WINNING ENTRIES
REMARKS ABOUT THE SELECTIONS CRITERIA
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE ISSUES IN 1969
MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC PLANS WILL MAIM SOME DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS
SENSE OF HISTORY AND ESTHETICS PERVADES A NEW CITY HALL
A BLACK COMMUNITY FIGHTS A STATE OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT
RENEWAL PROGRAMS THREATEN CITY DISTRICTS AND NATURAL ASSETS
ABOUT MUSIC TOPICS IN 1970
SOVIET AVANTGARDE MUSIC OBSERVED BY THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
CONDUCTING MUSIC THE CELLIST VIRTUOSO BECOMES A YOUNG MAN
SOME GREAT CLASSICAL COMPOSERS DESERVE TIMELESS RELEVANCE
REMINISCENCES OF TWO FAMOUS BUT VERY DIFFERENT CONDUCTORS
ABOUT DANCE ARRANGEMENTS IN 1971
BALLET PERFORMANCES ENJOY POPULAR UPSWING AMONG FANS
FANATICAL DEVOTION OF CHAMBER MUSICIANS TO THEIR WORK
IN A WORLD OF INDIFFERENCE SOME PEOPLE LIVE THEIR MUSIC
SENSIVITY TO ALL SORTS OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZES THAT PRODIGY
ABOUT TELEVISION OUTLINES IN 1972
YOUNG CREATIVE WRITERS COULD ENLIVEN SILLY TV ENTERTAINMENT
OLYMPIC GAMES TV REPORTERS AS CUSTODIANS OF NATIONAL HONOR
SOBERING INSIGHTS INTO ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR TV SHOWS
ELECTED TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC TV TRY TO SERVE VIEWERS’ INTEREST
ABOUT ART EXHIBITIONS IN 1973
A NORWEGIAN PAINTER SEEN UNDER ASPECTS OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE
THE GREAT CUBIST’S POSITION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY ART
NUDITY AND VIOLENCE IN ART AS EXPRESSIONS OF MODERN LIFE
THE PAINTER OF BIBLICAL VISIONS HAS GOT HIS OWN MUSEUM
ABOUT FILM PRODUCTIONS IN 1974
FEMALE MOVIE ROLES REPRESENT ONLY STEREOTYPED IMAGES
NEW WAVE FILMS AND THEIR TREATMENT OF SEX PROBLEMS
A PRIVATE EYE MOVIE AS COMPLEX STORY OF EVIL ITSELF
CINEMATIC STRUCTURES OF TWO SUCCESSFUL FILM DIRECTORS
ABOUT DANCE EVENTS IN 1975
INTERNATIONAL BALLETIC BRILLIANCE NOW SHOWN FOR DECADES
ASPECTS OF SYMBIOTIC AFFILIATION BETWEEN FILM AND DANCE
MOSCOW’S FAMOUS BALLET COMPANY EXPECTED WITH NEW PROGRAM
CERTAIN EFFECTS OF POLITICS ON A DANCER’S CAREER
ABOUT BOOK PUBLICATIONS IN 1976
A PROLIFICE WRITER’S NEW NOVEL IS ABOUT MONEY AND POWER
DISTURBANCE OF EDEN BY PROGRESS IN A SMALL FARM VILLAGE
YOUNG POET BETWEEN EDWARDIAN IDEALS AND OUTRAGEOUS REALITY
LETTERS ILLUMINATING VARIED DECADES OF AMERICAN HISTORY
ABOUT THEATER PERFORMANCES IN 1977
THE FASCINATING ART OF PLAYING A ROLE SENSITIVELY
THEATER ONCE DEALT WITH ROMANCE NOW EXPOSES SEX
TWO FEMALE ENTERTAINERS PUT ON A STRIKING SHOW
INTERPRETATIONS OF TWO ACTORS PLAYING THE SAME ROLE
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DEFICIENCIES IN 1978
NEW FEDERAL BUILDING NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CITY MASTER PLANS
CHEERLESS SHAPING OF LIVING SPACE IN SOME DOWNTOWN AREAS
FEW CITY HOTEL LOBBIES OFFER A TASTEFUL GENERAL ATMOSPHERE
RUTHLESS WRECKING OF LANDMARKS BY URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
ABOUT TELEVISION CONCEPTS IN 1979
FAIRYTALE FASCINATES TV AUDIENCE OVER TWO DECADES
HOW TO ADAPT A FAMOUS NOVEL OF GUILT AND LOVE FOR TV
ETHICS OF SEVERAL TV SPORTSCASTERS’ BELONG ON THE SIDELINES
HIGHLY STEREOTYPED CHARACTERS DOMINATE TV NETWORK PROGRAMS
ABOUT BOOK MESSAGES IN 1980
SLIMY’ EXERCISES IN THE “NEW” JOURNALISM PROFESSION
CHINESE-AMERICANS’ PROBLEMS OF CULTURAL INTEGRATION
A GREENHORN’S WILD ADVENTURES IN THE EARLY SIXTIES
GLIMPSES OF AN INFLUENTIAL COLUMNIST’S DUAL CAREER
ABOUT MUSIC PRESENTATIONS IN 1981
AN OUTSTANDING VIOLINIST’S STANDARD WAS SIMPLY PERFECTION
MODERN SETTING OF A CLASSIC OPERA AS BIG MUSICAL CHALLENGE
ACCLAIMED STAR TENOR DISAPPOINTS IN ITALIAN OPERA PERFORMANCE
OPERA MASTERPIECE PERFORMED AS NAIVE COMPENDIUM OF CLICHES
ABOUT ART ASPECTS IN 1982
AN ESTHETICALLY FASCINATING TV SERIES AS GREAT FILM ART
TWO ART EXHIBITIONS ILLUMINATE MODERN ITALIAN PAINTING
SOME OLD MASTERS’ PAINTINGS VISUALIZE HEAVEN AND EARTH
CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW DOESN’T INDICATE FUTURE TRENDS
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE CHALLENGES IN 1983
A WORLD CAPITAL’S STEEL ICON BECOMES ONE CENTURY OLD
RESTORATION PLANS THREATEN U. S. PARLIAMENT BUILDING
DESIGN OF NEW COLLEGE HALL SHOWS COMPOSITIONAL TALENT
WEST COAST CITY PLANS TO LIMIT UNFETTERED DOWNTOWN GROWTH
ABOUT TELEVISION COVERAGES IN 1984
IF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ONCE HELD AN HONEST TV DEBATE
ELECTRONIC PREACHERS MIX THEOLOGY AND DOCTRINAIRE POLITICS
A TV NETWORK’S JINGOISTIC COVERAGE OF THE L. A. OLYMPIC GAMES
SOFT-FOCUSED NEWS PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY PERKY TV ANCHORS
ABOUT MUSIC CONDITIONS IN 1985
A SOPRANO’S FAREWELL APPEARANCE IN A DEFICIENT PRODUCTION
THE MIRACLE OF TWO BAROQUE COMPOSERS’ MUSICAL ACHIEVEMENT
OPERAGOERS’ PROPOSALS TO PERFORM A MURDER SCENE PLAUSIBLY
FAULTS IN THE MUSICAL LOGIC OF TOO MANY YOUNG COMPOSERS
ABOUT BOOK CONTENTS IN 1986
TUMULTOUS SEARCH FOR A WOMAN’S PAST IN SOCIETY
MEMORIES OF A VERY HAUNTING AND SOLITARY CHILDHOOD
AGE IS WELL ABLE TO PREVAIL OVER CHALLENGING YOUTH
NEW STEP IN A JOURNEY FROM A DARK CAVE INTO THE LIGHT
ABOUT TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN 1987
FICTIONAL TV STORY ON A SOVIET-OCCUPIED AMERICA
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS IN TV DEBATES
TV TRANSMITTED HEARING ON NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT
TV COVERAGE DOESN’T COME UP TO GRACIOUS HISTORIC SUMMIT
ABOUT BOOK QUESTIONS IN 1988
WHAT A FELLOWSHIP OF REGIONAL WRITERS SHOULD SET AS ITS AIM
TWO NOVELISTS RECONSTRUCT AMBIVALENT TIES OF FATHER TO SON
SHAPELESS AND WOODEN NOVEL AGAIN ATOP THE BEST SELLER LISTS
LETTERS OF AN EXCELLENT MUSIC CRITIC SHOW WIT AND FRANKNESS
ABOUT ARCHITECTURE PROBLEMS IN 1989
FORMER ARMY BASE AS CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
ESTHETIC QUALITY SHOULD LEAD DOWNTOWN BUILDING PROGRAMS
EARTHQUAKE REVEALS SOME FAULTS IN BUILDING TECHNIQUES
NEW HALFWAY HOUSE IS A MASTERPIECE OF SOCIAL DESIGN
ABOUT MEDIA FAILURES IN 1990
MOSTLY UNCRITICAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF A CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL
LOOKING TOWARD AUTHORITIES THE MEDIA PREJUDGED DEFENDANTS
HOW A LARGE NEWSPAPER CAN CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLIC OUTRAGE
WHAT IS DECISIVE FOR A GAZETTE’S FAIR COURT REPORTING?
WINNERS OF THE DISTINGUISHED CRITICISM AWARD, 1991–2001 – SPACE FOR NOTES –
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