Monsters : a fan's dilemma
Dederer, Claire, 1967-2023
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What do we do with the art of monstrous men? Can we love the work of Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson, Hemingway and Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is history an excuse? What makes women artists monstrous? And what should we do with beauty, and with our unruly feelings about it? Claire Dederer explores these questions and our relationships with the artists whose behaviour disrupts our ability to apprehend the work on its own terms. She interrogates her own responses and her own behaviour, and she pushes the fan, and the reader, to do the same. Morally wise, deeply considered and sharply written, Monsters gets to the heart of one of our most pressing conversations.
Main title:
Monsters : a fan's dilemma / by Claire Dederer.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2023.©2023.
Collation:
273 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Prologue: The Child RapistRoll CallThe StainThe FanThe CriticThe GeniusThe Anti-Semite, the Racist, and the Problem of TimeThe Anti-MonsterThe Silencers and the SilencedAm I a Monster?Abandoning MothersLady LazarusDrunksThe Beloveds.
ISBN:
9781399715034
Dewey class:
700.103
Language:
English
BRN:
450895
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 700.103 MON | Onloan - Due: 08 May 2025 |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 700.103 MON | Available |