Dirk Lauwaert : selected writings, 1983-2008 / edited by Dirk Lauwaert [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lauwaert, Dirk, editor.

Series:

Lieven Gevaert series ; Volume 33.

Lieven Gevaert Series ; Volume 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

Art criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The first introduction of the seminal writings of a key Belgian writer and critic to an English-speaking audience. Radically subjective. Radically unapologetic. Radically demanding. These are the hallmarks of Dirk Lauwaert's skill, attitude, and sensitivity, which are the result of radical attention. Belgian writer and critic Dirk Lauwaert (1944-2013) wrote about images, be they moving or still, historical or contemporary, overfamiliar or unseen. He experienced them intensely, studied them attentively, and connected them to ethical, philosophical, or social issues in texts that invited readers to do the same, whether they were leaving the movie theater, browsing a photo book, or visiting an exhibition. This selection presents the depth and scope of Lauwaert's immense output through 15 key texts in which the Belgian author unfolds his central ideas and motifs, displaying his kaleidoscopic thinking and essayistic ability. The texts span 25 years - from 1983 to 2008 - and were originally published in various contexts over the course of three decades.

Contents:

230804 Dirk Lauwaert-voorplat-FINAAL

9789461665300

Editorial Note

Acknowledgements

A Culture of Showing

Firm Elegance in the Writing of Dirk Lauwaert

Notes

I

Contemporary Sophistry and the Poor Experience

Reports from a Classroom

Critique of Enthusiasm

Culture, or the Event

The Accompanying Word: Passion

II

Barthes, the Perfect Bourgeois

Portrait of a Role: the Intellectual

The Sovereign Dandy

The Rhythm of Thinking

III

Mise-en-Scène: The Most Beautiful Word about Film

The Classic Film Body

Seam and Pattern: Thinking Forms

Dreaming of an Expedition

IV

Public/Publication/Publishing/Publicity

The Blurred Photograph: An Old Debate

The Image That Yields Up Everything (Because It Has Seen Nothing)

V

Moving House

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ISBN:

9789461665300

946166530X

OCLC:

1399166384