Love and Death of the Simulacra
The simulacra are presences or appearances that have lost their ground in reality. They are, as it is sometimes said, a copy of a…
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Becoming Judas: A Response To The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
[Spoiler Alert: If you keep reading this, you will learn how the movie ends!] The literary terms ‘protagonist’ and ‘antagonist’ are common enough. The…
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The Context of Art
~By James McCullough and Wes Vander Lugt In two previous posts, we articulated an understanding of art as a communicative creation involving three interwoven…
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Afterward: Reflecting on Our Review of What Good Are The Arts?
We devoted all of last week to reviewing John Carey’s book What Good Are The Arts?. His polemical and very entertaining prose opened up a…
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Chapter Seven: Creative Reading–Literature and Indistinctness
Review of Chapter 7 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions has been hosting reviews of each chapter of this book…
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Chapter Six: Literature and Critical Intelligence
Review of Chapter 6 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from…
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Chapter Five: Can art be a religion?
Review of Chapter 5 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from…
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Chapter Three: Can Science Help?
Review of Chapter 3 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from…
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Chapter Two: Is ‘high’ art superior?
Review of Chapter 2 in What Good are the Arts? by John Carey. Transpositions is hosting reviews of each chapter of this book from…
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