{"product_id":"spoiled-distinctions-hannah-freed-thall-9780190201029","title":"Spoiled Distinctions: Aesthetics and the Ordinary in French Modernism","description":"\u003cem\u003eSpoiled Distinctions\u003c\/em\u003e investigates crises of evaluation in twentieth-century France. Taking Marcel Proust as its central figure, the book theorizes the disorienting force of everyday aesthetic experience. In a series of surprising readings, Hannah Freed-Thall frees Proust from his reputation as the most refined of high modernists. The author of \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/em\u003e appears here as a journalist and newspaper enthusiast, a literary ventriloquist and connoisseur of popular scandals, and a writer attentive to the unsophisticated phenomenology of the here and now. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe final chapters of the book consider the legacy of Proust's experiments with inestimable worth. Authors Francis Ponge, Nathalie Sarraute, and Yasmina Reza also explore the underside of cultural distinction. With Proust, they elaborate modernist variations on the beautiful and sublime--from nuance to the \"whatever\" and from the awkward to the sickly-sweet. \u003cem\u003eSpoiled Distinctions\u003c\/em\u003e thus revitalizes the critical discourse on aesthetics. Mapping the intersection of phenomenology, aesthetic theory, and the sociology of culture, the book reveals how enchanting the ordinary can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hannah Freed-Thall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190201029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190201029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2016","brand":"Hannah Freed-Thall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054612050175,"sku":"9780190201029","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5050aec9-9e5b-4b91-80e0-2e54239abf32.jpg?v=1685030958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spoiled-distinctions-hannah-freed-thall-9780190201029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}