On Beauty
by Eco, Umberto
On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith. It takes its title from an essay by Elaine Scarry (On Beauty and Being Just). The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States. On Beauty addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the U.S. A and the U.K. , the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values. A short article in the Guardian has described it as a "transatlantic comic saga.
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On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea
by Eco, Umberto
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Secker & Warburg Ltd, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x1x6. Very heavy, Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. Internally, minor mark on the title page. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*28/02/2024. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using… Read more about this item Item Price
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On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea
by Eco, Umberto (ed.)
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London: Secker & Warburg, 2004. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. small quarto. hardback with dust jacket 438pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., index, ÔOn Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty that have informed us… Read more about this item Item Price
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