Grotesque figures
Subtitle: Baudelaire, Rousseau, and the aesthetics of modernity
By: Virginia E. Swain.
Series: Parallax; Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Influence.; Grotesque in literature.
Description: "Swain's literary, cultural, and historical analysis deepens our understanding of Baudelaire and of nineteenth-century aesthetics by relating Baudelaire's poetic theory and practice to Enlightenment debates about allegory and the grotesque in the arts. Offering a novel reading of Baudelaire's ambivalent engagement with the eighteenth century, Grotesque Figures examines nineteenth-century ideological debates over French identity, Rousseau's political and artistic legacy, the aesthetic and political significance of the rococo, and the presence of the grotesque in the modern."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index.