The uselessness of art essays in the philosophy of art and literature
Oscar Wilde's famous quip "All art is quite useless" might not be as outrageous or demonstrably false as is often supposed. No-one denies that much art begins life with practical aims in mind: religious, moral, political, propagandistic, or the aggrandising of its subjects. But those...
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Brighton, Chicago
Sussex Academic Press
[2020]
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| Series: | Critical voices (Brighton, England)
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