Enchanted Objects: Visual Art in Contemporary Fiction

Allan Hepburn

Published by University of Toronto Press 2010

Enchanted Objects

Visual Art in Contemporary Fiction

Allan Hepburn

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442686397

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Hepburn Allan :

Allan Hepburn is the James McGill Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature at McGill University.

Reviews

John Xiros Cooper, Department of English, University of British Columbia:
'Enchanted Objects is richly detailed, lucid of expression, nuanced in its reading of texts, and impressively learned in the visual/object culture evoked by the novels under study. The work of an expert, it is well worth reading for anyone interested in contemporary fiction and aesthetics.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction: Art and Objects in Contemporary Fiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Details: Vermeer and Specificity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. Ornament: Books in A Case of Curiosities and Salamander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4. Fragility: The Case of Utz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
5 Looking at Ugliness: Pascali’s Island and Stone Virgin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
6. Conclusion: On Display Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

eBook

Published: December 31, 2010
ISBN: 9781442686397