THE AUTONOMY OF LITERATURE AT THE FINS DE SIÈCLES (1900 AND - Dorleijn G.J.; R. Gruttemeier; L. Korthals Altes
A Critical Assessment
KORTE INHOUD
The autonomy of the arts and literature is a central issue in the current debate on the 'crisis' in contemporary culture. In this debate, the tension between two conceptions of art - conceived as autotelic, or as serving social, ethical, ideological or commercial ends - plays a key role. For literature, two periods are particularly interesting in this respect: the period around 1900, and the turn of the millennium. The former is considered to witness the consecration of the autonomy of the arts with respect to morality or social utility, and of its prestige as 'high art', against the background of compelling countermovements, such as the Arts and crafts movements or socialist art. The second period, on the other hand, has been analysed as displaying, in post-modern Western cultures, an opposite tendency towards deautonomization. 'High' literature and art are deemed to have lost their ideological and moral autonomy, their aesthetic superiority, and their independence with respect to commercial interests. The...
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2008Uitgever: Peeters uitgeverijReeks: Groningen Studies in Cultural Change312 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 9042920440ISBN-13: 9789042920446Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Linnen. Hardback met stofomslag in prima staat.; 2007; 1e druk; Peeters Publishers; xxvi, 312 pagina's; Titel: The Autonomy of Literature at the Fins de Siecles (1900 and 2000): A Critical Assessment; Ref: 228114 / PTR59
