Art for Art's Sake and Literary Life is a dynamic history of literary aestheticism from the
eighteenth century to academic deconstruction in our own time. Gene H. Bell-Villada …

HE THEORETICAL PARAMETERS of much of the social history of art currently being written
in the Anglo-American world have largely been defined by the work of TJ Clark. In two …

In Liberty of the Imagination, Edward Cahill uncovers the surprisingly powerful impact of
eighteenth-century theories of the imagination—philosophical ideas about aesthetic …

Winner of the Louis Gottschalk Prize given by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies Aesthetic experience was problematic for Enlightenment authors. Arguing against …

During the last two decades, sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has become a dominant force in
cultural activity ranging from taste in music and art to choices in food and lifestyles. The Field …

For Jerome McGann, the purpose of scholarship is to preserve and pass on cultural
heritage, a feat accomplished through discussion among scholars and interested …

Focusing on the rich heritage of art-making in the eighteenth century, this lushly illustrated
book positions both well-known painters and unknown artisans within the framework of their …

Faced with an increasingly media-saturated, globalized culture, art historians have begun to
ask themselves challenging and provocative questions about the nature of their discipline …

Emerging out of the twilight of nineteenthcentury religious faith, the Aesthetic movement
embodies many of the fundamental aspirations of European and American literature from …

Abstract The Aesthetics of Power gathers together the key articles and essays by Carol
Duncan, one of the pioneers of a new socio-political approach to art history and criticism …