Ishmael

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Originally published in 1956. In Ishmael, Professor James Baird responds to the increasing secularization of Western civilization and the creation of what he calls "authentic primitivism." For Baird, the aesthetic austerity of Protestantism undermined the structure of symbols created by Catholicism. In the absence of a meaningful structure of cultural authority in Western civilization, "primary art" took on a quasi-religious role by connecting humans to a transcendent being. Ishmael describes a new system of art, beginning around 1850, that supplanted Christian symbolism. Baird examines writers who helped to create a modern authentic primitivism, with emphasis on Herman Melville, whom Baird sees as a locus of change for the cultural significance of primary art. Baird provides a social history and biography of writers who participated in the primary art movement from 1850 to 1950

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-01-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:476
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421435633

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James Baird was a professor of English at Connecticut College. He also wrote The Dome and the Rock: Structure in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionAcknowledgementsA Note on Documentation and TranslationPart I. The Nature of Recent Primitivism Chapter 1. Primitivism and Cultural Failure Chapter 2. Perdita: The volcanic CenterPart II. Ishmael: The Westward MarinerChapter 3. Melville's Pacific Voyages: An Evaluation Chapter 4. The Perpetuity of Ishmael Part III. Avatars: Symbols of Reincarnation from the OrientChapter 5. Obsession with the Primeval EastChapter 6. Puer Aeternus: Eternal InnocenceChapter 7. Polynesian EthosChapter 8. WhitenessChapter 9. Shadows and Erotic SymbolsChapter 10. Tree and CrossChapter 11. The Dragon WhalePart IV. Images from the Urwelt: The World Before Civilization Chapter 12. The Sea and Aqueous ImagesChapter 13. Original Nature Part V. Entombment: Christianity Revisited Chapter 14. The Infernal CityChapter 15. The Holy SepulchreIndex