The Scandal of Pleasure (Paperback, New edition)


Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.

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Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.

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General

Imprint

University of Chicago Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

November 1997

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

November 1997

Authors

Dimensions

231 x 164 x 14mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

263

Edition

New edition

ISBN-13

978-0-226-77224-0

Barcode

9780226772240

Categories

LSN

0-226-77224-1



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