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Three Essays C ' ^o/e.m^Ttrwu. ^/be Primary Colors is Alexander Theroux's collection of essays on the three primary col- ors: blue, yellow, and red. A fascinating cul- tural history, these splendid essays extend to the artistic, literary, linguistic, botanical, cinematic, aesthetic, religious, scientific, culinary, climatological, and emotional di- mensions of each color. Humorous, highly readable, and anecdotal, the book is virtually encyclopedic in aim. There is poetry here; there is also song, fable, opinion, literary criticism, gossip, history, and fascinating fact—a fund of curiosa, gleanings of a witty and penetrating mind. Swift is here, so is the lexicographic Dr. Johnson. The widest of readers, Theroux is raconteur, art historian, and pop culturalist, all at the same time. His book is a rich and totally captivating tour de force, a virtuoso performance of a kind that offers nothing less than a liberal education. This is a work for artist and art historian, designer and graphic artist, student and teacher, and anyone sensitive to the many and vivid nuances of color, but, best of all, it remains a complete feast for the general reader. i (^Tie ^o/o^ Also by Alexander Theroux NOVELS Three Wogs Darconville's Cat An Adultery FABLES The Schinocephalic Waif The Great Wheadle Tragedy Master Snickup s Cloak Julia De Chateauroux; or, The Girl with Blue Hair and Other Fables POETRY The Lollipop Trollops Three Essays Henry Holt and Company New York Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Publishers since 1866 115 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 Henry Holt® is a registered trademark of Henry Holt and Company, Inc. Copyright © 1994 by Alexander Theroux All rights reserved. Published in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8. Portions of this book appeared previously in Art & Antiques and Harpers Magazine. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Theroux, Alexander. The primary colors : three essays / Alexander Theroux. p. cm. 1. Colors—Social aspects. 2. Colors—Psychological aspects. I. Title. QC 495.8.T44 1994 814'.54—dc20 93-29692 CIP ISBN 0-8050-3105-7 Henry Holt books are available for special promotions and premiums. For details contact: Director, Special Markets. First Edition—1994 Printed in the United States of America All first editions are printed on acid-free paper. «> 10 98765432
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