Art and Enchantment

How Wonder Works

Patrick Curry (University of Wales Trinity St David, UK)

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English

Routledge
17 March 2023

Philosophy: aesthetics; Society & culture: general; Social theory

Series: Contemporary Liminality

This book concerns the experience of enchantment in art. Considering the essential characteristics, dynamics and conditions of the experience of enchantment in relation to art, including liminality, it offers studies of different kinds of artistic experience and activity, including painting, music, fiction and poetry, before exploring the possibility of a life oriented to enchantment as the activity of art itself. With attention to the complex relationship between wonder in art and the programmatic disenchantment to which it is often subject, the author draws on the thought of a diverse range of philosophers, sociological theorists and artists, to offer an understanding of art through the idea of enchantment, and enchantment through art. An accessible study, richly illustrated with experience – both that of the author and others – Art and Enchantment will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and anyone with interests in the nature of aesthetic experience.

By: Patrick Curry (University of Wales Trinity St David UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 471g
ISBN: 9781032404684
ISBN 10: 103240468X
Series: Contemporary Liminality
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 17 March 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick Curry is a tutor in the School of Environment, Archaeology, History and Anthropology at the University of Wales Trinity St David, UK. He is the author of Ecological Ethics: An Introduction and Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life, and the editor of Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium. He is also editor-in-chief of the online journal The Ecological Citizen.

Reviews for Art and Enchantment: How Wonder Works

'This is a wonderful, and wonder-filled, book. Curry patiently but passionately explores how enchantment returns us to a more elemental relationship with the world through the gifts of art, music, and fiction. Moving seamlessly between theoretical reflection and personal experience, Art and Enchantment also serves as a model for a living criticism alert to the necessity of art in a dangerously disenchanted world. We won't heal our earth without finding our way back to it; this book can help.' - Scott Black, Professor of English, University of Utah, USA