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portada surface and depth: victorian literature and culture
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
2002
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Weight
0.61 kg.
ISBN
0801438284
ISBN13
9780801438288
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surface and depth: victorian literature and culture

Richard Shusterman (Author) · Cornell University Press · Hardcover

surface and depth: victorian literature and culture - Shusterman, Richard

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Synopsis "surface and depth: victorian literature and culture"

A paradox of surface and depth pervades the field of aesthetics. How can art's surface meanings and qualities be properly appreciated without understanding the cultural context that shapes their creation and perception? But exploring such underlying cultural conditions challenges the perception of thosequalities and meanings of aesthetic surface that constitute the captivating power of art. If aesthetics deals with both surface and depth, impassioned immediacy yet also critical distance of judgment, how can this doubleness be held together in one philosophical vision?In his new book, Richard Shusterman explores the dialectics of surface and depth by examining key issues in the philosophy of art and culture--from the logic of interpretation and evaluation to the roots of taste and convention, from the meanings of aesthetic purity and immediacy to the role of nature, theory, and history in our experience and understanding of art. In treating these topics, Shusterman combines the methods of analytic philosophy, critical theory, and poststructualism to arrive at new positions, displaying the philosophical versatility, originality of vision, and graceful, accessible writing that have become his trademark. Surface and Depth is crowned by a new definition of art as dramatization.

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