The Sanity of Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692280393)

2014 paperback edition. Written in 1895, George Bernard Shaw's "Sanity of Art" essay is a response to Max Nordau's 1892 book, "Degeneration," which criticized fin de si cle modernist trends by suggesting its practitioners were irrational, amoral, and possibly even insane with neurasthenia. Eschewing conventional morality, Shaw advocates for the right of individuals to decide for themselves the saneness of the maniacal geniuses cultivating the new aesthetic. Cover illustration by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Author: Mark Diederichsen, George Bernard Shaw
ISBN-10: 0692280391
ISBN-13: 9780692280393
Publisher: Brass Rabbit Classics
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2014
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.19d