The Grotesque in Art and Literature

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The art of our own day shows a greater affinity to the grotesque than that of any other epoch. Modern novels, modern paintings and sculpture are replete with grotesque features. In this modern classic of criticism, Wolfgang Kayser traces the historical development of the grotesque from the Italian Reanissance (which originated the word "grottesco") through the "chimeric" world of the commedia dell'arte, Sturm und Drang, the age of Romanticism and nineteenth century "realism," to its modern forms in poetry, dream narration and surrealist painting. -- Back cover.

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  The Grotesque in Art and Literature: Theological Reflections

  • 1997
  • 279 pages
  • Ebook
  • Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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