From Lowbrow to Nobrow [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

In a series of well-developed arguments, Swirski initiates his discussion with a cross-national examination of the development of the publishing industry to justify the biased perception of popular art. Employing a synthesis of no less than a century¡¦s aesthetic argument, he sets forth nobrow as a new cultural ground, whereby "authors simultaneously target both extremes of the literary spectrum." (10) From Lowbrow to Nowbrow is a groundbreaking work in which Swirski approaches literary interpretation with the mathematic game theory. He argues that the study of literary texts is a "cooperative two-person non-zero-sum game" where ambiguity and radical misinterpretation are involved.

Traversing national and linguistic borders, War With the Newts, Playback, and The Chain of Chance are well-chosen works of chronological continuity. What brings them together in the American belles letters is the authors' uncompromising stance to go along with the formulas of either literary ends. Swirski fascinates his audience with the rhetorical discussion of Capek's maneuvering of rules in his social satire, Chandler's reversal of such rules in his hardboiled artertainment, and Lem's complete abandonment of them in the structural and moral imperative of his detective literature.

Tightly knitted with an impressive range of representative case studies and socio-statistical data, From Lowbrow to Nobrow is an enjoyable read in Swirski's wry and humorous rhetoric. For those who are looking for discovery, anticipation, and aesthetic satisfaction, this book is all you need.

In a series of well-developed arguments, Swirski initiates his discussion with a cross-national examination of the development of the publishing industry to justify the biased perception of popular art. Employing a synthesis of no less than a century's aesthetic argument, he sets forth nobrow as a new cultural ground, whereby "authors simultaneously target both extremes of the literary spectrum." (10) From Lowbrow to Nowbrow is a groundbreaking work in which Swirski approaches literary interpretation with the mathematic game theory. He argues that the study of literary texts is a "cooperative two-person non-zero-sum game" where ambiguity and radical misinterpretation are involved.

Traversing national and linguistic borders, War With the Newts, Playback, and The Chain of Chance are well-chosen works of chronological continuity. What brings them together in the American belles letters is the authors' uncompromising stance to go along with the formulas of either literary end. Swirski fascinates his audience with the rhetorical discussion of Capek's maneuvering of rules in his social satire, Chandler's reversal of such rules in his hardboiled artertainment, and Lem's complete abandonment of them in the structural and moral imperative of his detective literature.

Tightly knitted with an impressive range of representative case studies and socio-statistical data, From Lowbrow to Nobrow is an enjoyable read in Swirski's wry and humorous rhetoric. For those who are looking for discovery, anticipation, and aesthetic satisfaction, this book is all you need.