ABSORPTION AND THEATRICALITY IN THE STAGING OF CONTEMPT: FLAUBERT, BAUDELAIRE, HUYSMANS
ABSORPTION AND THEATRICALITY IN THE STAGING OF CONTEMPT: FLAUBERT, BAUDELAIRE, HUYSMANS

Summary/Abstract: Drawing on two categories suggested by art historian Michael Fried – absorption and theatricality –, this article suggest a specification relative to how we feel and express a particular emotion: contempt. To better understand the distinction between absorbed and distanced contempt, and all the emotional consequences that ensue, three specific and contrasting examples taken from Flaubert, Baudelaire and Huysmans are analysed here.

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