{"product_id":"spoiled-distinctions-aesthetics-and-the-ordinary-in-french-modernism-9780190887391","title":"Spoiled Distinctions: Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism","description":"\u003cem\u003eSpoiled Distinctions\u003c\/em\u003e investigates crises of evaluation in twentieth-century France. Taking Marcel Proust as its central figure, the book theorizes the disorienting force of everyday aesthetic experience. In a series of surprising readings, Hannah Freed-Thall frees Proust from his reputation as\u003cbr\u003ethe most refined of high modernists. The author of \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e appears here as a journalist and newspaper enthusiast, a literary ventriloquist and connoisseur of popular scandals, and a writer attentive to the unsophisticated phenomenology of the here and now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final chapters of the book consider the legacy of Proust's experiments with inestimable worth. Authors Francis Ponge, Nathalie Sarraute, and Yasmina Reza also explore the underside of cultural distinction. With Proust, they elaborate modernist variations on the beautiful and sublime--from nuance\u003cbr\u003eto the whatever and from the awkward to the sickly-sweet. \u003cem\u003eSpoiled Distinctions\u003c\/em\u003e thus revitalizes the critical discourse on aesthetics. Mapping the intersection of phenomenology, aesthetic theory, and the sociology of culture, the book reveals how enchanting the ordinary can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Freed-Thall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190887391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Freed-Thall\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of French Literature, Thought and Culture at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39929225576563,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e6217bbe-0665-4818-baf6-f081781fb4ac.jpg?v=1647612018","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/spoiled-distinctions-aesthetics-and-the-ordinary-in-french-modernism-9780190887391","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}