A Poetics of Art Criticism The Case of Baudelaire / by Timothy Raser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raser, Timothy Bell.

Series:

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; no. 237.

North Carolina studies in the Romance languages and literatures ; 234

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Prose.

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Aesthetics.

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Knowledge--Art.

Aesthetics, French--19th century.

Aesthetics, French.

Art criticism--France--History--19th century.

Art criticism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : U.N.C. Dept. of Romance Languages, 1989, c1988.

Summary:

Raser questions criticism's predilection for a scientific discourse, arguing that aesthetic categories are better indicators of a text's literary qualities.Although aesthetics has claimed subjective pleasure as its sole criterion since the time of Kant, aesthetic judgments tend always to ground themselves in logic or reference.

Contents:

Cover

A POETICS OF ART CRITICISM

Title

Copyright

Dedication

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I A POETICS OF ART CRITICISM

1 The Fallacies of Imitation

2 Making Pictures Talk

3 Reference and Allegory in Romantic Description

PART II THE POETRY OF BAUDELAIRE'S ART CRITICISM

4 Baudelaire and the Salon

5 The Universal Voice: Le Salon de 1846

6 The Ends of Beauty: Exposition universelle

7 Interest and Imagination: Le Salon de 1859

8 Recognizing Modern Beauty: Le Peintre de Ia vie moderne

9 Beyond Form: L'Œuvre et Ia vie d'Eugène Delacroix

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [190]-197.

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ISBN:

1-4696-4302-2

OCLC:

1080550467