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What does it mean to see time in the visual arts and how does art
reveal the nature of time? Paul Atkinson investigates these
questions through the work of the French philosopher Henri Bergson,
whose theory of time as duration made him one of the most prominent
thinkers of the fin de siecle. Although Bergson never enunciated an
aesthetic theory and did not explicitly write on the visual arts,
his philosophy gestures towards a play of sensual differences that
is central to aesthetics. This book rethinks Bergson's philosophy
in terms of aesthetics and provides a fascinating and original
account of how Bergsonian ideas aid in understanding time and
dynamism in the visual arts. From an examination of Bergson's
influence on the visual arts to a reconsideration of the
relationship between aesthetics and metaphysics, Henri Bergson and
Visual Culture explores what it means to reconceptualise the visual
arts in terms of duration. Atkinson revisits four key themes in
Bergson's work - duration; time and the continuous gesture; the
ramification of life and durational difference - and reveals
Bergsonian aesthetics of duration through the application of these
themes to a number of 19th and 20th-century artworks. This book
introduces readers and art lovers to the work of Bergson and
contributes to Bergsonian scholarship, as well as presenting a new
of understanding the relationship between art and time.
Green Matters offers a fascinating insight into the regenerative
function of literature with regard to environmental concerns. Based
on recent developments in ecocriticism, the book demonstrates how
the aesthetic dimension of literary texts makes them a vital force
in the struggle for sustainable futures. Applying this
understanding to individual works from a number of different
thematic fields, cultural contexts and literary genres, Green
Matters presents novel approaches to the manifold ways in which
literature can make a difference. While the first sections of the
book highlight the transnational, the focus on Canada in the last
section allows a more specific exploration of how themes, genres
and literary forms develop their own manifestations within a
national context. Through its unifying ecocultural focus and its
variegated approaches, the volume is an essential contribution to
contemporary environmental humanities.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which
commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out
and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and
impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes
high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using
print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in
1954.
Nietzsche's famous attack upon established Christianity and
religion is brought to the reader in this superb hardcover edition
of The Antichrist, introduced and translated by H.L. Mencken. The
incendiary tone throughout The Antichrist separates it from most
other well-regarded philosophical texts; even in comparison to
Nietzsche's earlier works, the tone of indignation and conviction
behind each argument made is evident. There is little lofty
ponderousness; the book presents its arguments and points at a
blistering pace, placing itself among the most accessible and
comprehensive works of philosophy. The Antichrist comprises a total
of sixty-two short chapters, each with distinct philosophical
arguments or angle upon the targets of Christianity, organised
religion, and those who masquerade as faithful but are in actuality
anything but. Pointedly opposed to notions of Christian morality
and virtue, Nietzsche vehemently sets out a case for the faith's
redundancy and lack of necessity in human life.
Author of Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude,
Jonathan Lethem is one of the most celebrated and significant
American writers working today. This new scholarly study draws on a
deep knowledge of all Lethem's work to explore the range of his
writing, from his award-winning fiction to his work in comics and
criticism. Reading Lethem in relation to five themes crucial to his
work, Joseph Brooker considers influence and intertextuality; the
role of genres such as crime, science fiction and the Western; the
imaginative production of worlds; superheroes and comic book
traditions; and the representation of New York City. Close readings
of Lethem's fiction are contextualized by reference to broader
conceptual and comparative frames, as well as to Lethem's own
voluminous non-fictional writing and his adaptation of precursors
from Franz Kafka to Raymond Chandler. Rich in critical insight,
Jonathan Lethem and the Galaxy of Writing demonstrates how an
understanding of this author illuminates contemporary literature
and culture at large.
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