European aestheticism and Spanish American modernismo : artist protagonists and the philosophy of art for art's sake /
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Author / Creator: | Comfort, Kelly, 1975- |
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Imprint: | Basingstoke ; New Y ork, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
Description: | vii, 180 p. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8533043 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Redefining the Role of Art and the Artist at the Turn of the Century
- Part I. The Artist Avoids "Art for Life's Sake"
- 1. The Artist as Critic and Liar: The Unreal and Amoral as Art in Oscar Wilde
- 2. The Artist as Creative Receptor: The Subjective Impression as Art in José Asunción Silva
- Part II. The Artist Protests "Art for the Market's Sake"
- 3. The Artist as Elitist Taster: The Unprofaned and Unconsumed as Art in J. K. Huysmans
- 4. The Artist as Creator Not Producer: The Unsold and Unappreciated as Art in Rubén Dario
- Part III. The Artist Promotes "Life for Art's Sake"
- 5. The Artist as Dandy-Aesthete: The Self as Art in Oscar Wilde and Thomas Mann
- 6. The Artist as Dandy-Flaneur: The World as Art in Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Julián del Casal
- Conclusion: Reconsidering the Relationship between Art and Life, Form and Content, Poetry and Prose
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index