<P>After several millennia living as a lone sentinel in the Garden of Eden, the angel Tesque is contemplating leaving his post in rebellion against God. Meanwhile, in another time and place, a professor of mathematics isolates herself in remote Iceland as she finds herself increasingly at odds with
The grotesque: A study in meanings
โ Scribed by Frances K. Barasch
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 184
- Series
- De Proprietatibus Litterarum. Series Maior; 20
- Edition
- Reprint 2018
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
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
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-465) and index