The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson Groundswell Speaker 2024 432 pagesPublication: 17 Jan 2023

432 pagesPublication: 17 Jan 2023

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The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson Groundswell Speaker 2024 432 pagesPublication: 17 Jan 2023Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag and Elaine Scarry, Maggie Nelson has emerged as one of our foremost cultural critics with this landmark work about representations of cruelty and violence in art. From Sylvia Plaths poetry to Francis Bacons paintings, from the Saw franchise to Yoko Onos performance art, Nelsons nuanced exploration across the artistic landscape ultimately offers a model of how one might balance strong ethical convictions with an