| Synaesthetics Art as Synaesthesia Contributor(s): Gordon, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 1501356798 ISBN-13: 9781501356797 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $128.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Art |
| Dewey: 700.1 |
| LCCN: 2019025900 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Gordon proposes a new theory of art as synaesthetic and applies this idea to various media, including works--such as movies, illustrated books, and song lyrics--that explicitly cross over into media involving the different senses. The idea of art as synaesthetic is not, however, limited to those cross-over works, because even an individual poem or novel or painting calls upon different senses in creating its syn-aesthetic meaning." Although previous studies have often devolved into those who see an obvious connection between art and synaesthesia and those who adamantly reject such a notion, Synaesthetics furthers our understanding of synaesthesia as an important, if not essential, component of artistic expression. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gordon, Paul: - Paul Gordon is Professor of Comparative Literature and Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is the author of The Critical Double: Figurative Meaning in Aesthetic Discourse (1995), Tragedy After Nietzsche: Rapturous Superabundance (2001), and Dial 'M' for Mother: A Freudian Hitchcock (2008). |