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The Aesthetics of Clarity and Confusion: Literature and Engagement since Nietzsche and the Naturalists
Geoffrey Baker
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
What should literature with political aims look like? This book traces two rival responses to this question, one prizing clarity and the other confusion, which have dominated political aesthetics since the late nineteenth century. Revisiting recurrences of the avant-garde experimentalism versus critical realism debates from the twentieth century, Geoffrey A. Baker highlights the often violent reductions at work in earlier debates. Instead of prizing one approach over the other, as many participants in those debates have done, Baker focuses on the manner in which the debate itself between these approaches continues to prove productive and enabling for politically engaged writers. ... Read more
What should literature with political aims look like? This book traces two rival responses to this question, one prizing clarity and the other confusion, which have dominated political aesthetics since the late nineteenth century. Revisiting recurrences of the avant-garde experimentalism versus critical realism debates from the twentieth century, Geoffrey A. Baker highlights the often violent reductions at work in earlier debates. Instead of prizing one approach over the other, as many participants in those debates have done, Baker focuses on the manner in which the debate itself between these approaches continues to prove productive and enabling for politically engaged writers. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319421704
SKU
V9783319421704
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About Geoffrey Baker
Geoffrey A. Baker is Associate Professor of Humanities (Literature) at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. He is the author of Realism's Empire, in addition to articles on political aesthetics, realism, and other topics.
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