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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
Maggie Nelson
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Description for The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
Paperback. "A vibrant and engaged work from a writer and thinker who is worthy of our attention."-Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath’s poetry to Francis Bacon’s paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono’s performance art, Nelson’s nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an equally strong appreciation for work that tests the limits of taste, taboo, and permissibility.
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393343144
SKU
V9780393343144
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99-1
About Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson is the author of many acclaimed books of poetry and prose, including Like Love, The Argonauts, and Bluets. She currently teaches at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Reviews for The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
"An important and frequently surprising book… could be read as the foundation for a post-avant-garde aesthetics… Nelson, who is also a poet, is such a graceful writer that I…just sat back and enjoyed the show."
Laura Kipnis - New York Times Book Review "[Nelson’s] critiques of individual artists are delightfully fierce without being mean spirited… Fascinating and bracingly intelligent…The Art of Cruelty’s prose is often gorgeous."
Troy Jollimore - Boston Globe "A lean-forward experience, and in its most transcendent moments, reading it can feel like having the best conversation of your life."
Rachel Syme - NPR Books "I hope that critics, and aspiring critics, and those who are interested in the relationship between art and ethics, read [The Art of Cruelty]."
Susie Linfield - New Republic "[Nelson] dexterously, and creatively, manages to hold a mirror to our culture’s fascination with cruelty and invites us to reflect on our personal reasons for indulging it."
Eleni Theodoropoulos - Literary Hub
Laura Kipnis - New York Times Book Review "[Nelson’s] critiques of individual artists are delightfully fierce without being mean spirited… Fascinating and bracingly intelligent…The Art of Cruelty’s prose is often gorgeous."
Troy Jollimore - Boston Globe "A lean-forward experience, and in its most transcendent moments, reading it can feel like having the best conversation of your life."
Rachel Syme - NPR Books "I hope that critics, and aspiring critics, and those who are interested in the relationship between art and ethics, read [The Art of Cruelty]."
Susie Linfield - New Republic "[Nelson] dexterously, and creatively, manages to hold a mirror to our culture’s fascination with cruelty and invites us to reflect on our personal reasons for indulging it."
Eleni Theodoropoulos - Literary Hub