Enchanted objects : visual art in contemporary fiction /

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Enchanted Objects investigates the relationship between visual art and contemporary fiction, addressing the problems that arise when paintings, deluxe books, porcelains, or statues are represented in contemporary novels. The distinction between objects and art objects depends on aesthetics. While so...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hepburn, Allan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010
Subjects:
1900-2099
Art objects in literature.
Art in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Objets d'art dans la littérature.
Art dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
ART > History > Contemporary (1945- )
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American fiction.
English fiction.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : art and objects in contemporary fiction. Aesthetic objects ; Enchantment ; Display ; Looking at collections ; Certain distances
  • Details : Vermeer and specificity. In particular ; Women, objects, stillness ; A poetics of detail ; The fate of two paintings ; Labour and excess in Girl with a pearl earring
  • Ornament : books in A case of curiosities and Salamander. Enchanted books ; Theories of ornament ; A case of curiosities : collection and display ; Books and infinity in Salamander
  • Fragility : the case of Utz. Broken idols ; The end of museums ; Fragility
  • Looking at ugliness : Pascali's island and Stone virgin. Representation ; Digging ; Theories of ugliness ; Conservation
  • Conclusion : on display.

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