Art and Life in Aestheticism - by Kelly Comfort (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large.

About the Author

ROBERT ARCHAMBEAU is Associate Professor at Lake Forest College, USA KAEL ASHBAUGH is a Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Comparative Literature at Rutgers University, USA GENE H. BELL-VILLADA is Professor of Romance Languages at Williams College, USA BEN DE BRUYN is a research assistant at the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO) in connection with the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. ANDREW EASTHAM is a visiting lecturer at King's College London, UK PAUL FOX is Associate Professor of Literature at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates SARAH GARLAND teaches American Literature and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK YVONNE IVORY is Assistant Professor of German at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA ILEANA MARIN is Associate Professor at Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania and is currently attending the Textual Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle, USA MARGUERITTE MURPHY is Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department at Bentley College, USA DANIEL M. SHEA is Assistant Professor of English at Mount Saint Mary College, USA CHARLES SUMNER is completing his dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley, USA