Art objects : essays on ecstasy and effrontery
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-1997
Book
Jeanette Winterson argues in this collection for the importance of art in all our lives. In ten intertwined essays, the acclaimed author of such recent novels as Written on the Body and Art & Lies proposes art as an active force in the world - neither elitist nor remote, available to those who want it and affecting even those who don't.
Main title:
Art objects : essays on ecstasy and effrontery / Jeanette Winterson.
Author:
Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-, author
Edition:
First Vintage International edition.
Imprint:
New York : Vintage International, 1997.©1995
Collation:
192 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Pt. 1. Art objectspt. 2. Transformation Writer, reader, words. Testimony against Gertrude Stein. A gift of wings (with reference to Orlando). A veil of words (with reference to The waves)pt. 3. Ecstasy and energy The semiotics of sex. The psychometry of books. Imagination and reality. Art & life. A work of my own.
ISBN:
9780679768203 (pbk)9780679768203 (paperback)
Dewey class:
824.914
LC class:
PR6073.I558
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
769215
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Library | -Literature | LITER 824.914 WINT | Available |