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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning

By Maggie Nelson

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2011
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
418 kB (428335 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
297\0
Time added
2015-07-22 12:05:58
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Description

“This is criticism at its best.”—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles TimesWriting in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plath’s poetry to Francis Bacon’s paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Ono’s performance art, Nelson’s nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an equally strong appreciation for work that tests the limits of taste, taboo, and permissibility.

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