Cultural Aesthetics: Renaissance Literature and the Practice of Social Ornament
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by Patricia Fumerton
Cultural Aesthetics: Renaissance Literature and the Practice of Social Ornament FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Fumerton (English, U. of California) argues that the aristocratic engagement with trivial and superficial decoration--in clothing, architecture, literature, and even cuisine--masked on unsettling apprehension about the relation between the private sphere and the emerging collective, national identity. A postmodern treatment. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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