Estetika bezobraznogo/ Aesthetics of the Ugly

[Rodney Patterson]

Although I cannot recall anyone who is / has been concentating particularly
on the "aesthetics of the ugly," I have found that the question is treated
to some degree in most solid works on Decadence (neo-Romanticism) in art and
literature, including works on Decadence's forebears such as Poe,
Baudelaire, and Huysmans of course.  Dostoevsky (in "Zapiski iz-pod pola,"
the the Svidrigajlov parts of PRESTUPLENIE I NAKAZANIE, for instance)
wielded some influence on Russian Decadence with respect to such
"aesthetics," too.  The question of such aesthetics in Romanticism is also
treated by Mario Praz in THE ROMANTIC AGONY ("ch. 1:  "The Beauty of the
Medusa").

Rodney L. Patterson
State University of New York, Albany


>From: Inna Tigountsova <itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA>
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>Subject: Estetika bezobraznogo/ Aesthetics of the Ugly
>Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:04:39 -0400
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>does anybody know where does the Russian term "estetika bezobraznogo" come
>from?
>Is there any scholar working specifically on the "aesthetics of the ugly?"
>
>And is there an ENGLISH translation of
>
>Giuio Zhan-Mari(Guyau Jean-Marie)., "Zadachi sovremennoi estetiki", SPb,
>1899, originally published in French?
>
>Many thanks.
>Inna Tigountsova.
>
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