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European Aestheticism and Spanish American Modernismo

Artist Protagonists and the Philosophy of Art for Art's Sake

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  1. Kelly Comfort
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Redefining the Role of Art and the Artist at the Turn of the Century

    1. Introduction: Redefining the Role of Art and the Artist at the Turn of the Century

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 1-21

  3. The Artist Avoids “Art for Life’s Sake”

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-24
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    2. The Artist as Critic and Liar: The Unreal and Amoral as Art in Oscar Wilde

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 25-40

    3. The Artist as Creative Receptor: The Subjective Impression as Art in José Asunción Silva

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 41-56

  4. The Artist Protests “Art for the Market’s Sake”

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-61
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    2. The Artist as Elitist Taster: The Unprofaned and Unconsumed as Art in J.-K. Huysmans

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 63-72

    3. The Artist as Creator Not Producer: The Unsold and Unappreciated as Art in Rubén Darío

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 73-85

  5. The Artist Promotes “Life for Art’s Sake”

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-89
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    2. The Artist as Dandy-Aesthete: The Self as Art in Oscar Wilde and Thomas Mann

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 91-114

    3. The Artist as Dandy-Flâneur: The World as Art in Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Julián del Casal

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 115-135

  6. Conclusion: Reconsidering the Relationship between Art and Life, Form and Content, Poetry and Prose

    1. Conclusion: Reconsidering the Relationship between Art and Life, Form and Content, Poetry and Prose

      • Kelly Comfort
      Pages 136-143

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 144-180
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About this book

Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo , this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery.

About the author

KELLY COMFORT is Assistant Professor in the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. She edited and introduced the volume Art and Life in Aestheticism: De-Humanizing and Re-Humanizing Art, the Artist, and the Artistic Receptor and is author of various essays on fin-de-siècle European and Spanish American literature. Her research interests include aestheticism, modernismo, and transatlantic literary studies.

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