UID:
almafu_9958352308202883
Format:
1 online resource (440 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9780812206524
Series Statement:
Haney Foundation Series
Content:
This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction --
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1. Charisma and Art --
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2. Living Art and Its Surrogates: The Genesis of Charismatic Art --
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3. Odysseus Rising: The Homeric World --
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4. Icon and Relic --
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5. Charismatic Culture and Its Media: Gothic Sculpture and Medieval Humanism --
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6. Romance and Adventure --
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7. Albrecht Durer’s Self-Portrait (1500): The Face and Its Contents --
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8. Book Burning at Don Quixote’s --
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9. Goethe’s Faust and the Limits of the Imagination --
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10. The Statue Changes Rilke’s Life --
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11. Grand Illusions: Classic American Cinema --
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12. Lost Illusions: American Neorealism and Hitchcock’s Vertigo --
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13. Woody Allen: Allan Felix’s Glasses and Cecilia’s Smile --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812206524
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206524
