Eternalized fragments : reclaiming aesthetics in contemporary world fiction /

Bridges discussions of traditional aesthetics with contemporary neuroaesthetics and evolutionary psychology and analyzes texts from many cultural and national traditions (including Gabriel García Márquez, Kazuo Ishiguro, Arundhati Roy, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Italo Calvino, Flann O'B...

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Main Author:	Wang, W. Michelle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, [2020].
Series:	Cognitive approaches to culture.
Subjects:	Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. Aesthetics in literature.

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Summary:	Bridges discussions of traditional aesthetics with contemporary neuroaesthetics and evolutionary psychology and analyzes texts from many cultural and national traditions (including Gabriel García Márquez, Kazuo Ishiguro, Arundhati Roy, Jeanette Winterson, Jennifer Egan, Italo Calvino, Flann O'Brien and Alasdair Gray), identifying three dominant aesthetic modes pertinent to postwar fiction.
Physical Description:	xi, 217 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780814214374 0814214371