Baker, Geoffrey A.
The Aesthetics of Clarity and Confusion
1. Introduction: Literary Activism, Clarity and Confusion
Geoffrey A. Baker
Part I. Naturalists and Nietzscheans: Codifying Clarity and Confusion
2. “For Love of Clarity”: Émile Zola, Practice, and the Political Potential of Realistic Literature
Geoffrey A. Baker
3. Grounds for Confusion: Nietzsche, Theory, and the Political Potential of Anti-Realism
Geoffrey A. Baker
Part II. Ambiguities of Activism: Complicating Clarity and Confusion
4. Between Theory and Practice: Matthew Arnold, Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, and the Purpose of the Intellectual
Geoffrey A. Baker
5. “Different Kinds of Clarity”: Science, Sense, and Utilitarian Realism in Bertolt Brecht
Geoffrey A. Baker
6. Pressing Engagement: Jean-Paul Sartre and the Aesthetic Problem of the Political
Geoffrey A. Baker
7. An Other Engagement: Simone de Beauvoir and the Ethical Problem of the Political
Geoffrey A. Baker
8. Conclusion: Contemporary Engagements with Clarity and Confusion
Geoffrey A. Baker
Nyckelord: Literature, Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, European Literature
- Författare
- Baker, Geoffrey A.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2016
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature
- Sidantal
- 14 sidor
- Kategori
- Litteraturforskning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319421711
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-3-319-42170-4