“Taste is dead emotion” – so Wyndham Lewis declares in Blast No. 2. To be a productive force, “[t]aste should become deeper and exclusive: definitely a STRONGHOLD – a point and not a line.” Lewis’ critique of taste is emblematic of a wider modernist concern with the role of discernment, refinement and connoisseurship in art, literature and performance. Taste carries with it a legacy of aristocratic dilettantism and public moralizing ...
Event Location:
Birmingham, UK
Event type:
Event
Categories:
American [1]
British [3]
Popular Culture [4]
Literary Theory [5]
1865-1914 [6]
Aesthetics [8]
Cultural Studies [9]
Sponsoring Organization(s) :
The University of Birmingham
Event date:
Thursday, December 13, 2012 to Friday, December 14, 2012
Abstract due date:
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
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