Art for Art's Sake & Literary Life (Stages)

Art for Arts Sake and Literary Life is a history of literary aestheticism from the eighteenth century to modern deconstruction. Gene H. Bell-Villada examines writings by critics, philosophers, and other writers from Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Uniting all is his conviction that “there are concrete social, economic, political, and cultural reasons for the emergence, growth, diffusion, and triumph of lart pour lart over the past two centuries.
Author: Bell-Villada, Gene H.

Publisher: Bison Books

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0803261438

ISBN-13: 9780803261433