{"product_id":"yesterdays-burdens-robert-m-coates-paperback","title":"Yesterday's Burdens -- Robert M. Coates, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\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). \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\n\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). \"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.\" -- Mathilde Roza \u0026amp; Jack Mearns, \"Collecting Robert M. Coates,\" \u003cem\u003eFirsts, The Book Collector's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, October 2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert M. Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tough Poets Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/1\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7\" H x 5\" L x 0.74\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780578677248\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67987732627760,"sku":"9780578677248","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780578677248.jpg?v=1791607821","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/yesterdays-burdens-robert-m-coates-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}