The uselessness of art : essays in the philosophy of art and literature /

Oscar Wilde's famous quip "All art is quite useless" might not be as outrageous or demonstrably false as is often supposed. No-one denies that much art begins life with practical aims in mind: religious, moral, political, propagandistic, or the aggrandising of its subjects. But those...

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Main Author: Lamarque, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Brighton ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, [2020]
Series:Critical voices (Brighton, England)
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