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001 2014041009
003 DLC
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008 141117s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014041009
020 $a9781628924404 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
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050 00 $aPQ2191.Z5$bG755 2015
082 00 $a841/.8$223
084 $aLIT004150$aLIT006000$aSOC052000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGrøtta, Marit.
245 10 $aBaudelaire's media aesthetics :$bthe gaze of the Flâneur and 19th century media /$cMarit Grøtta.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc,$c2015.
300 $avi, 205 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Baudelaire's Media Aesthetics situates Charles Baudelaire in the midst of 19th-century media culture. It offers a thorough study of the role of newspapers, photography, and pre-cinematic devices in Baudelaire's writings, while also discussing the cultural history of these media generally. Whereas Baudelaire is often seen as an advocate of "art for art's sake" and an enemy of the mechanical arts, this book reveals that Baudelaire's aesthetics was inspired by 19th-century media technology. It argues that Baudelaire played with the new forms of perception emerging in the media age, using them as frames of perception and ways of experiencing the world. Highlighting Baudelaire's interaction with the media in his age, this study also addresses the ways in which we respond to new media technology, drawing on perspectives from Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben. Baudelaire's Media Aesthetics bridges the gap between literary and visual studies by introducing perspectives from media, visual and cinema studies in the reading of Baudelaire. Combining detailed research with contemporary theory, it opens up new perspectives on Baudelaire's writings, the figure of the flâneur, and modernist aesthetics"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Investigates the writings of Charles Baudelaire in light of 19th-century media technology, with perspectives from Walter Benjamin and Giorgio Agamben"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $a1. Introduction 2. Newspapers 3. Photographs 4. Pre-cinematic Devices 5. Corporeality 6. Toys 7. Media Imagery and Modernity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
600 10 $aBaudelaire, Charles,$d1821-1867$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aMass media and literature.
650 0 $aFrench poetry$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFlaneurs.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/404/9781628924404/image/lgcover.9781628924404.jpg