On Trust  -  Gabriel Josipovici

Art and the Temptations of Suspicion

KORTE INHOUD

"In this wide-ranging book, an eminent novelist, playwright, and literary critic explores the question that has troubled artists and philosophers (though not critics) since the time of the Romantics: is it possible to create art today with the freedom of earlier ages and yet produce works that are more than merely decorative or commercial? Such a question, argues Gabriel Josipovici, is not timeless; it has a history, and a relatively short one at that.

Why is it only with the Romantics that suspicion, not ju...
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1999 Uitgever: Yale University Press 304 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0300079915 ISBN-13: 9780300079913