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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511617703321

Autore

Hand Sean

Titolo

Alter Ego : the critical writings of michel leiris / / by Sean Hand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2017]

©2004

ISBN

1-351-19703-7

1-351-19701-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages)

Collana

Research Monographs in French Studies, , 1466-8157 ; ; 17

Disciplina

848.91209

Soggetti

Criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction / Sean Hand -- chapter 1 Perceiving Presence: Leiris and Visual Art / Sean Hand -- chapter 2 Breaking the Sound Barrier: Leiris and Music / Sea?n Hand -- chapter 3 Reading Rules: Leiris and Literature / Sea?n Hand -- chapter Conclusion / Sea?n Hand.

Sommario/riassunto

"Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90) A groundbreaking autobiographer and pioneering ethnographer, Leiris also produced important criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature, which acts as a key commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demonstrates vividly the constant refashioning and reformulation of contemporary ideas and aesthetics. Hand defines and situates Leiris's core themes, analyses his criticism in each of the art areas examined, and delineates the model that emerges of a contrapuntal and heterogeneous critical identity."