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The grotesque in Western art and culture : the image at play

Title
The grotesque in Western art and culture : the image at play / Frances S. Connelly, University of Missouri--Kansas City.
Author
Connelly, Frances S., 1953-
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Subject
  • Grotesque
  • Grotesque in art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-186) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: entering the Spielraum -- 2. Improvisation I: grottesche -- 3. Improvisation II: arabesques -- 4. Subversion: the carnivalesque body -- 5. Trauma: the failure of representation -- 6. Revelation: profound play.
ISBN
  • 9781107011250 (hardback)
  • 1107011256 (hardback)
LCCN
  • 2011047470
  • 99951653159
OCLC
  • ocn764589142
  • 764589142
  • SCSB-9629070
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries