Arielle Zibrak, Writing Against Reform
Aesthetic Realism in the Progressive Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21798121 |
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| Authors | Nathan Wolff (0000-0003-2345-9095, Tufts University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transatlantica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1765-2766 • E-ISSN: 1765-2766 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/15i3h |
| OpenAlex | W7124165002 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In “Self-Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson denounced those who dress uncharitable motives in the flattering garb of compassion: “I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways. If malice and vanity wear the coat of philanthropy, shall that pass?” (135). Arielle Zibrak’s Writing Against Reform argues that, for a range of late-nineteenth-century authors, a cognate aversion to sham benevolence motivated an aesthetic project committed to art for art’s sake. For Zibrak, these
Aesthetic experience · Aestheticism · Malice · Realism · Taste · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Poetry Analysis and Criticism
| Highly cited | No |
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