And be it said, mid these his pranks so odd
With something nigh to chivalry he trod.
And oft the drear and driven would defend—
The little shop-girls’ knight unto the end.
MAMMONART
An Essay in Economic Interpretation
“Mammonart” studies the artists from a point of view entirely new; asking how they get their living, and what they do for it; turning their pockets inside out, seeing what is in them and where it comes from.
“Mammonart” puts to painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, dramatists and composers the question already put to priests and preachers, editors and journalists, college presidents and professors, school superintendents and teachers: WHO OWNS YOU, AND WHY?
“Mammonart” examines art and literature as instruments of propaganda and repression, employed by ruling classes of the community; or as weapons of attack, employed by new classes rising into power.