Alter Ego : the critical writings of michel leiris / by Sean Hand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hand, Sean, author.

Series:

Research monographs in French studies ; 17.

Research Monographs in French Studies, 1466-8157 ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leiris, Michel, 1901-1990--Criticism and interpretation.

Leiris, Michel.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2017].

Summary:

"Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90) A groundbreaking autobiographer and pioneering ethnographer, Leiris also produced important criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature, which acts as a key commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demonstrates vividly the constant refashioning and reformulation of contemporary ideas and aesthetics. Hand defines and situates Leiris's core themes, analyses his criticism in each of the art areas examined, and delineates the model that emerges of a contrapuntal and heterogeneous critical identity."

Contents:

chapter Introduction / Sean Hand

chapter 1 Perceiving Presence: Leiris and Visual Art / Sean Hand

chapter 2 Breaking the Sound Barrier: Leiris and Music / Sea?n Hand

chapter 3 Reading Rules: Leiris and Literature / Sea?n Hand

chapter Conclusion / Sea?n Hand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed January 3, 2018).

ISBN:

1-351-19703-7

1-351-19701-0

9781351197038

OCLC:

1011115089