03970nam 2200757 450 991045818350332120200520144314.01-4426-8639-110.3138/9781442686397(CKB)2560000000055898(OCoLC)759157427(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442651(SSID)ssj0000484087(PQKBManifestationID)12214062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484087(PQKBWorkID)10594204(PQKB)10579292(CEL)435078(CaBNvSL)slc00226209(MiAaPQ)EBC3272862(MiAaPQ)EBC4672466(DE-B1597)464108(OCoLC)1013955336(OCoLC)944177022(DE-B1597)9781442686397(Au-PeEL)EBL4672466(CaPaEBR)ebr11258133(OCoLC)958581426(EXLCZ)99256000000005589820160923h20102010 uy 1engurcn|||||||||txtccrEnchanted objects visual art in contemporary fiction /Allan HepburnToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2010.©20101 online resource (289 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4426-4100-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Art and Objects in Contemporary Fiction -- 2. Details: Vermeer and Specificity -- 3. Ornament: Books in A Case of Curiosities and Salamander -- 4. Fragility: The Case of Utz -- 5 Looking at Ugliness: Pascali's Island and Stone Virgin -- 6. Conclusion: On Display -- Notes -- Works Cited -- IndexEnchanted Objects investigates the relationship between visual art and contemporary fiction, addressing the problems that arise when paintings, deluxe books, porcelains, or statues are represented in contemporary novels. The distinction between objects and art objects depends on aesthetics. While some objects are authenticated through museum exhibits, others are hidden, broken, neglected, coveted, hoarded, or salvaged.Allan Hepburn asks four broad questions about aesthetics and value: What is a detail in visual art? Is all art ornamental? Does the value of an object increase because it is fragile? What defines ugliness? Contemporary novels, such as Tracy Chevalier's Girl with a Pearl Earring, Barry Unsworth's Stone Virgin, and Bruce Chatwin's Utz offer implicit answers to these questions while critiquing museums and the determination to invest objects with value through display. Addressing current debates in museum studies, cultural studies, art history, and literary criticism, Enchanted Objects develops an extensive theory of how contemporary literature engages with and relates to aesthetic objects.Art in literatureArt objects in literatureAmerican fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fiction21st centuryHistory and criticismElectronic books.Art in literature.Art objects in literature.American fictionHistory and criticism.American fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.823/.91409357Hepburn Allan906411MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458183503321Enchanted objects2253431UNINA