Rachael Ann Siciliano
Biographic Data
| ID | 1643680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachael Ann Siciliano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachael Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | Siciliano |
| SIGNATURE | SICILIANO R A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ornament, Fantasy, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
In this examination of the role of ornament in 19th century French literature, Rae Beth Gordon shows that ornament, far from being a simple accessory, raises problems that are at the very heart of aesthetic experience: limits and their transgression, illusion and seduction, pleasure and tension, harmony and confusion, excess and marginality. After placing texts by Nerval, Gautier, Mallarme, Huysmans and Rachilde within the context of the history …
Semantic Realism and Aesthetic Realism
The recent boom in cognitive science has renewed interest in the following question: is literature a means of knowledge? Language was a means of knowledge, even before the notion of literature appeared. Our most ancient traditions even make the language arts an instrument of divine knowledge: through the intercession of the muse we see the vision of the poet, which historically no doubt owes a great deal to the ecstatic ramblings of the shaman (s…
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Semantic Realism and Aesthetic Realism
The recent boom in cognitive science has renewed interest in the following question: is literature a means of knowledge? Language was a means of knowledge, even before the notion of literature appeared. Our most ancient traditions even make the language arts an instrument of divine knowledge: through the intercession of the muse we see the vision of the poet, which historically no doubt owes a great deal to the ecstatic ramblings of the shaman (s…
Ornament, Fantasy, and Desire in Nineteenth-Century French Literature
In this examination of the role of ornament in 19th century French literature, Rae Beth Gordon shows that ornament, far from being a simple accessory, raises problems that are at the very heart of aesthetic experience: limits and their transgression, illusion and seduction, pleasure and tension, harmony and confusion, excess and marginality. After placing texts by Nerval, Gautier, Mallarme, Huysmans and Rachilde within the context of the history …
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works) · Aestheticism (1 works) · Bourgeoisie (1 works) · Decadence (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · French Literature and Poetry (1 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (1 works)