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Mere Materialism : Aesthetics of Attrition in Paint, Text, and Paper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldsmith, Steven.
- Series:
- Lit Z Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Shows how art and literature can both describe and instantiate the slow, unredeemed violence of physical deterioration.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction: Ground Color: A Mere Materialist Primer
- 1. Almost Gone: Rembrandt, Bartholomew, and the Ends of Materialism
- 2. Herman Melville: Gray
- 3. Woods Decaying, or Schwitters in Ambleside
- 4. Gray Style Now
- Conclusion: Fade to Gray
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5315-1418-9
- OCLC:
- 1587893500
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