Spoiled Distinctions Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism
Spoiled Distinctions Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism
- ISBN 13:
9780190201029
- ISBN 10:
0190201029
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 09/15/2015
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary
The final chapters of the book consider the legacy of Proust's experiments with inestimable worth. Authors Francis Ponge, Nathalie Sarraute, and Yasmina Reza also explore the underside of cultural distinction. With Proust, they elaborate modernist variations on the beautiful and sublime--from nuance to the "whatever" and from the awkward to the sickly-sweet. Spoiled Distinctions thus revitalizes the critical discourse on aesthetics. Mapping the intersection of phenomenology, aesthetic theory, and the sociology of culture, the book reveals how enchanting the ordinary can be.