This collection of eighteen essays explores the meanings and depictions of beauty and the abject in art (from Renaissance portraiture to the canvasses of Salvador Dali); photography and the representation of the body; film (from the horror genre and gay/lesbian sexuality to socio-political problems); literature (from classical lyric and pastoral drama to the contemporary verbal arts); cultural studies (from the femme fatale and James Bond to vampires and monsters); architecture; and linguistics. These essays not only examine the theme from a variety of media and critical perspectives, they also scrutinize and challenge traditional notions of beauty and the abject.
| ISBN: | 9780820488103 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2007 |
| Author: | Corrado Federici, Leslie Anne BoldtIrons, Ernesto Virgulti |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 295 pages |
| Series: | Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics History of art Photography and photographs Films, cinema Film: styles and genres Language: reference and general |