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West Virginia University Press is the only university press, and the largest publisher of any kind, in the state of West Virginia. A part of West Virginia University, they publish books and scholarly journals by authors around the world, with a particular emphasis on Appalachian studies, history, higher education, the social sciences, and interdisciplinary books about energy, environment, and resources. They also publish works of fiction and creative nonfiction, and collaborate on innovative digital publications, notably West Virginia History: An Open Access Reader.

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NAKED BEFORE GOD

UNCOVERING THE BODY IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2003
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WEST VIRGINIA

A HISTORY

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2003
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INSIDE PITCH AND MORE

BASEBALL'S BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC TRUST

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2004
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HOLLOWS, PEEPERS, AND HIGHLANDERS

AN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ECOLOGY

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2004
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TRANSNATIONAL WEST VIRGINIA

"ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIC CHANGE, 1840-1940"

West Virginia University Press
  • Copyright year: 2002
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BLANCHE LAZZELL

THE LIFE AND WORK OF AN AMERICAN MODERNIST

West Virginia University Press

Blanche Lazzell went from Maidsville, West Virginia, to the leading edge of twentieth-century American art. A member of the prominent art communities of Paris and Provincetown, MA during the '20s and '30s, Lazzell was always on the fringe of important developments in the modern art world. Her studies in Paris led her to adopt the techniques of modernism as well as other emerging styles. Among her groundbreaking works were some of the first examples of abstraction in America. Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist is a significant contribution to the history of twentieth-century American art.

Know primarily as a Provincetown printmaker, Lazzell’s full life and career are presented here, generously accompanied by color reproductions of her work, showing the breadth of her accomplishment in painting, printmaking, and hooked rugs. Lazzell's true contribution to American art history was never fully appreciated during her lifetime. A renewed interest in the artist has developed over the past fifteen years, due mostly to the critical appreciation of her color wood block prints. She is worth remembering not only for her own work, but also for her role as a translator of the achievements of the European modernists for her colleagues in America. In Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist, nine essays and hundreds of full-color illustrations bring this incredibly talented and influential artist's work to life.

  • Copyright year: 2004
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FIDELITIES

West Virginia University Press, Vandalia Press
  • Copyright year: 2004
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VIVID COMPANION

West Virginia University Press, Vandalia Press
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