Pretentiousness: Why it Matters

What is pretentiousness? Why are we afraid of it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? Drawing on the author's own experiences growing up and working at the more radical edges of the arts, this book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and diversity in our culture.

About the author

Dan Fox is a writer, musician, and filmmaker. He is based in New York.

Summary

What is pretentiousness? Why are we afraid of it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? Drawing on the author's own experiences growing up and working at the more radical edges of the arts, this book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and diversity in our culture.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Fox
• Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781910695043
• ISBN: 978-1-910695-04-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 196 mm x 129 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 238 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies