LEADER 03970nam 2200757 450 001 9910458183503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8639-1 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442686397 035 $a(CKB)2560000000055898 035 $a(OCoLC)759157427 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10442651 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000484087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12214062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000484087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10594204 035 $a(PQKB)10579292 035 $a(CEL)435078 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00226209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3272862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672466 035 $a(DE-B1597)464108 035 $a(OCoLC)1013955336 035 $a(OCoLC)944177022 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442686397 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672466 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258133 035 $a(OCoLC)958581426 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000055898 100 $a20160923h20102010 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnchanted objects $evisual art in contemporary fiction /$fAllan Hepburn 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4426-4100-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction: Art and Objects in Contemporary Fiction -- $t2. Details: Vermeer and Specificity -- $t3. Ornament: Books in A Case of Curiosities and Salamander -- $t4. Fragility: The Case of Utz -- $t5 Looking at Ugliness: Pascali's Island and Stone Virgin -- $t6. Conclusion: On Display -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aEnchanted 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. 606 $aArt in literature 606 $aArt objects in literature 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt in literature. 615 0$aArt objects in literature. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.91409357 700 $aHepburn$b Allan$0906411 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458183503321 996 $aEnchanted objects$92253431 997 $aUNINA