Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Peter Swirski
yhteensä 34 hakutulosta
From Lowbrow to Nobrow
Swirski begins with a series of groundbreaking questions about the nature of popular fiction, vindicating it as an artform that expresses and reflects the aesthetic and social …
When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow
This book examines nobrow, a cultural formation that intertwines art and entertainment into an identifiable creative force. In our eclectic and culturally turbocharged world, the …
The Art of Artertainment
Artertainment is more than a novel aesthetic term reflecting the fact that art and entertainment have cross-pollinated each other throughout history. It is a creative strategy that …
When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow
This book examines nobrow, a cultural formation that intertwines art and entertainment into an identifiable creative force. In our eclectic and culturally turbocharged world, the …
Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem
The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a "e;literary …
From Lowbrow to Nobrow
Swirski begins with a series of groundbreaking questions about the nature of popular fiction, vindicating it as an artform that expresses and reflects the aesthetic and social …
American Crime Fiction
Peter Swirski looks at American crime fiction as an artform that expresses and reflects the social and aesthetic values of its authors and readers. As such he documents the …
The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem
Leading scholars examine the social and cultural significance of technology and science in the work of Stanislaw Lem, the author of Solaris
Literature, Analytically Speaking
In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. …
American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature, Social Thought, and Political History
The United States today is afflicted with political alienation, militarized violence, institutionalized poverty, and social agony. Worst of all, perhaps, it is afflicted with …
Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel
Stanislaw Lem died on 26 March, 2006 but in this book his voice can be heard afresh for the benefit of all those who believe that, with his passing, a quintessential element of …
Lemography
Lemography is a unique collection of critical essays on Stanislaw Lem, writer and philosopher. Its aim is to introduce aspects of his work hitherto unknown or neglected by …