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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1928

Page

15

Chelsea under siege from modernist jazz and banned novels

A British city wrestles with modernism as Chelsea faces upheaval from jazz culture and a controversial girl novelist whose book was banned. The piece contrasts Chelsea’s classic arts heritage with a rising intoxication of orgies, bohemian studios, and accusations of moral decay, citing Marjory Lanz and a wave of press coverage.

The Far East Chelsea Marjory Lanz

Chelsea and the Village Tone Shift in New York Arts Scene

The piece contrasts London and New York art colonies tracing Chelsea and Greenwich Village as they lose innocence to cheapness and commerce. It notes crowds of “hanger-ons” and poets chasing publicity, likening Chelsea’s fate to Montparnasse and Greenwich Village as jazz and art mingle with profit.

Carlyle Turner Roseetti Blake Swinburne Holbein Thoreas More Arnold Bennett Augustus John John Singer Sargent Strand Chelsea New York America London Limehouse Adam Greenwich Village Montparnasse Gotham

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