Thin Culture, High Art

Autori

• Anne Lounsbery

Parametri

• 312 pagine
• 11 ore di lettura

• Libri di testo
• Libri di testo universitari
• Scienze sociali

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In Russia and America, a perceived absence of literature gave rise to grandiose notions of literature's importance. This book examines how two traditions worked to refigure cultural lack, not by disputing it but by insisting on it, by representing the nation's (putative) cultural deficit as a moral and aesthetic advantage.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2006

(In brossura)