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Alter Ego

The Critical Writings of Michel Leiris

Seán Hand author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:31st Oct '03

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Alter Ego is the first monograph in English on the critical writings of Michel Leiris (1901-90). A groundbreaking autobiographer and pioneering ethnographer, Leiris also produced important criticism on art, opera, jazz and literature, which acts as a key commentary on twentieth-century intellectual movements and demonstrates vividly the constant refashioning and reformulation of contemporary ideas and aesthetics. Hand defines and situates Leiris's core themes, analyses his criticism in each of the art areas examined, and delineates the model that emerges of a contrapuntal and heterogeneous critical identity.

ISBN: 9781900755986

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 249g

154 pages