Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of 'art for art's sake' in aestheticism and modernismo , this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies...
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Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of 'art for art's sake' in aestheticism and modernismo , this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery. Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo, this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Redefining the Role of Art and the Artist at the Turn of the Century; Part I: The Artist Avoids "Art for Life's Sake"; 1 The Artist as Critic and Liar: The Unreal and Amoral as Art in Oscar Wilde; 2 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"; 3 The Artist as Elitist Taster: The Unprofaned and Unconsumed as Art in J.-K. Huysmans; 4 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"5 The Artist as Dandy-Aesthete: The Self as Art in Oscar Wilde and Thomas Mann; 6 The Artist as Dandy-Flâneur: The World as Art in Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and Julián del Casal; Conclusion: Reconsidering the Relationship between Art and Life, Form and Content, Poetry and Prose; Notes; Bibliography; Index
