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Author:   K. Comfort
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.427kg
ISBN:  

9780230278097

ISBN 10:   0230278094
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   13 June 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"Acknowledgements Introduction: European Aestheticism and Spanish American Modernismo: Re-Defining the Role of Art and the Artist at the Turn of the Century PART I: THE ARTIST AVOIDS 'ART FOR LIFE'S SAKE' The Artist as Critic and Liar, the Unreal and Amoral as Art in Oscar Wilde The Artist as Creative Receptor, the Subjective Impression as Art in José Asunción Silva PART II: THE ARTIST PROTESTS ""ART FOR THE MARKET'S SAKE"" The Artist as Elitist Taster, the Unprofaned and Unconsumed as Art in J.-K. Huysmans  The Artist as Creator not Producer, the Unsold and Unappreciated as Art in Rubén Darío PART III: THE ARTIST PROMOTES 'LIFE FOR ART'S SAKE' The Artist as Dandy-Aesthete, the Self as Art in Oscar Wilde and Thomas Mann  The Artist as Dandy-Flâneur, the World as Art in Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Julián de Casal Notes Works Cited Index"

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KELLY COMFORT is Assistant Professor in the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. She edited and introduced the volume Art and Life in Aestheticism: De-Humanizing and Re-Humanizing Art, the Artist, and the Artistic Receptor and is author of various essays on fin-de-siècle European and Spanish American literature. Her research interests include aestheticism, modernismo, and transatlantic literary studies.

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