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The Aesthetics of Violence : Art, Fiction, Drama and Film.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (196 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781786605047
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Aesthetics of ViolenceDDC classification:
  • 700.4552
LOC classification:
  • NX650.V5 .A674 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
The Aesthetics of Violence -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Playing with Violence -- 2 Hansel or Gretel -- 3 Winners and Losers -- 4 Revelry -- 5 Puzzle -- Epilogue: Art without Violence, Violence without Art -- Bibliography -- Filmography (Including Television and Videos) -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Offering an ambitious study of the aesthetics of violence across art, literature, film and theatre, this volume brings together traditional German aesthetic and social theory with the modern problem of violence in art. Written in an engaging style, the book includes examples ranging from Homer and Shakespeare to slasher films and performance art.
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The Aesthetics of Violence -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Playing with Violence -- 2 Hansel or Gretel -- 3 Winners and Losers -- 4 Revelry -- 5 Puzzle -- Epilogue: Art without Violence, Violence without Art -- Bibliography -- Filmography (Including Television and Videos) -- Index -- About the Author.

Offering an ambitious study of the aesthetics of violence across art, literature, film and theatre, this volume brings together traditional German aesthetic and social theory with the modern problem of violence in art. Written in an engaging style, the book includes examples ranging from Homer and Shakespeare to slasher films and performance art.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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