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AlbakiReads Editorial Essays on art, beauty, and the European cultural tradition
Essays on art, beauty, and the European cultural tradition
In Encounter, Milan Kundera gathers personal and critical essays around the place of art in human life. The collection frames beauty as something he believes modern culture has neglected, then returns to major European artists and writers—including Dostoyevsky—to examine the questions their work raises. These pieces connect cultural criticism with reflections on creativity, literary inheritance, and what art can reveal about being human. With its emphasis on individual encounters with influential works and figures, the book offers a compact entry into Kundera’s nonfiction concerns alongside his broader engagement with European culture.
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- Readers interested in literary and cultural criticism
- Fans of essays on art and beauty
- Kundera readers seeking his nonfiction
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Art and beautyEuropean cultureLiterary traditionCreativityHuman experience
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Book Overview "I can't imagine reading this book without being challenged and instructed, amused, amazed and aroused, and ultimately delighted." --John...
"I can't imagine reading this book without being challenged and instructed, amused, amazed and aroused, and ultimately delighted." --John Simon, New York Times Book Review
Milan Kundera's brilliant collection of essays is a passionate defense of art in an era that, he argues, no longer values art or beauty. With the same dazzling mix of emotion and ideas that characterizes his bestselling novels, the internationally acclaimed author revisits the artists whose works help us better understand what it means to be human. Elegant, startlingly original, and provocative, Encounter combines many of the author's signature themes with personal reflections and stories.
In these provocative and deeply personal essays, Kundera confronts the essential questions of European culture:
- A Defense of Art: A passionate argument for beauty in an era Kundera sees as increasingly hostile to the aesthetic itself.
- Encounters with Genius: Incisive reflections on literary giants from Dostoyevsky to C
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 192 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0061894435
FormatPaperback
Pages192
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0061894435
EAN9780061894435
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2011-10-04
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.3 Pounds
Length7.9 Inches
Width5.3 Inches
Height0.6 Inches
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