Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art

by Rabih Alameddine

A timely and urgent inquiry by one of global literature's leading lights

In this concisely argued and illuminating book, the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author Rabih Alameddine takes the subject of politics and art head-on, questioning the very premise of dividing these two pillars of culture into an either/or proposition. He reveals how a political dimension enlarges a work of art rather than making it less beautiful or reducing it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813952514
• ISBN13: 9780813952512
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 96 Pages