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Making strange : beauty, sublimity, and the (post)modern 'third aesthetic' /
This compact, indispensable overview answers a vexed question: Why do so many works of modern and postmodern literature and art seem designed to appear 'strange', and how can they still cause pleasure in the beholder? To help overcome the initial barrier caused by this 'strangeness�...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2008.
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| Colección: | Postmodern studies ;
42. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This compact, indispensable overview answers a vexed question: Why do so many works of modern and postmodern literature and art seem designed to appear 'strange', and how can they still cause pleasure in the beholder? To help overcome the initial barrier caused by this 'strangeness', the general reader is given an initial, non-technical description of the 'aesthetic of the strange' as it is experienced in the reading or viewing process. There follows a broad survey of modern and postmodern trends, illustrating their staggering variety and making plain the manifold methods and strategies adopte. |
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| Notas: | "English translation by Marc Colavincenzo from Einführung in die Literatur und Kunst der Moderne und Postmoderne : die Ästhetik des Fremden (Tübingen & Basel: Francke, 2004), with further editing by Gordon Collier"--Title page verso. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 172 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172). |
| ISBN: | 9781435670723 1435670728 9789042029118 9042029110 1282594125 9781282594128 9786612594120 6612594128 |