Making Strange - Beauty, Sublimity, and the (Post) Modern 'Third Aesthetic' (Paperback)

This compact, indispensable overview answers a vexed question: Why do so many works of modern and postmodern literature and art seem designed to appear 'strange', and how can they still cause pleasure in the beholder? To help overcome the initial barrier caused by this 'strangeness', the general reader is given an initial, non-technical description of the 'aesthetic of the strange' as it is experienced in the reading or viewing process. There follows a broad survey of modern and postmodern trends, illustrating their staggering variety and making plain the manifold methods and strategies adopted by writers and artists to 'make it strange'. The book closes with a systematic summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the 'aesthetic of the strange', focussing on the ways in which it differs from both the earlier 'aesthetic of the beautiful' and the 'aesthetic of the sublime'. It is made amply clear that the strangeness characteristic of modern and postmodern art has ushered in an entirely new, 'third' kind of aesthetic - one that has undergone further transformation over the past two decades. Beyond its usefulness as a practical introduction to the 'aesthetic of the strange', the present study also takes up the most recent, cutting-edge aspects of scholarly debate, while initiates are offered an original approach to the theoretical implications of this seminal phenomenon.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Postmodern Studies, 42
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Herbert Grabes
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	190
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-2433-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Promotions
LSN:	90-420-2433-X
Barcode:	9789042024335

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