Recesses of the mind : aesthetics in the work of Gubergur Bergsson / Birna Bjarnadottir ; translated by Kristjana Gunnars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birna Bjarnadóttir, 1961-

Contributor:

Gunnars, Kristjana, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guðbergur Bergsson, 1932-2023--Criticism and interpretation.

Guðbergur Bergsson.

Guðbergur Bergsson, 1932-2023--Aesthetics.

Icelandic literature--History and criticism.

Icelandic literature.

Aesthetics in literature.

Aesthetics, Modern--20th century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A detailed discussion of the aesthetics of Icelandic novelist and poet Guðbergur Bergsson.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""1 Aesthetics in Modern Literature: The Mind�s Tormented Love""; ""2 Fragments from the History of Aesthetics in Iceland""; ""3 The Human Image during the Formative Phases of Christianity and in the Era of the Dizzying Void""; ""4 Participation in Beauty""; ""5 When Paradoxes Are Allowed to Unfold""; ""6 The Roots of Individual Aesthetics: On the Creative Boundaries between Life and Art""; ""7 Dialogue with Icelandic Culture and Society""; ""Epilogue: Consecration to Reality""

""Appendix 1 “Ideas on Beauty�""""Appendix 2 Flatey-Freyr""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780773586697

0773586695

9780773586680

0773586687

OCLC:

818016175