| Author: | Timothy Aubry | ISBN: | 9780674988965 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Timothy Aubry |
| ISBN: | 9780674988965 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 3, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
For scholars invested in supporting or challenging dominant ideologies, the beauty of literature seemed frivolous, even complicit with social iniquities. Suspicion of aesthetics became a way to establish the rigor of one’s thought and the purity of one’s politics. Yet aesthetic pleasure never disappeared, Timothy Aubrey writes. It went underground.
For scholars invested in supporting or challenging dominant ideologies, the beauty of literature seemed frivolous, even complicit with social iniquities. Suspicion of aesthetics became a way to establish the rigor of one’s thought and the purity of one’s politics. Yet aesthetic pleasure never disappeared, Timothy Aubrey writes. It went underground.
