The grotesque - A study in meanings

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List of contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE BEGINNINGS -- I. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- II. Analogous Arts: France, Germany, England -- PART TWO: SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS -- III. New Uses Of and Attitudes Toward 'Grotesque' in Art -- IV. Figurative Uses of 'Grotesque' in Literature -- PART THREE: THE RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- V. Grotesque Taste and Art -- VI. 'Grotesque'in Literary Criticism -- VII. Characters, Caricaturas, and Grotesque-Comedy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index to Names and Titles

Product details

• Authors: Frances K Barasch, Frances K. Barasch
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1971
• EAN: 9783110990867
• ISBN: 978-3-11-099086-7
• No. of pages: 183
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 16 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 437 g
• Series: De Proprietatibus Litterarum. Series Maior
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics