The uselessness of art essays in the philosophy of art and literature

Oscar Wilde's famous quip "All art is quite useless" might not be as outrageous or demonstrably false as is often supposed. No-one denies that much art begins life with practical aims in mind: religious, moral, political, propagandistic, or the aggrandising of its subjects. But those...

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Auteur principal: Lamarque, Peter (Auteur)
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié: Brighton, Chicago Sussex Academic Press [2020]
Collection:Critical voices (Brighton, England)
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