A Terrible Beauty

A Terrible Beauty The Positive Role of Violence in Life, Culture and Society

Paperback (01 Jan 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

An explosive and timely topic! This book explore the various aspects of violence from historical, cultural, literary and personal perspectives. Whiteson argues that what sex was to the nineteenth century, violence is to the 20th century -- a fact of existence but banished to a netherworld.

Book information

ISBN: 9780889627178
Publisher: Mosaic Press
Imprint: Mosaic Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 303.6
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 200
Weight: 244g
Height: 225mm
Width: 154mm
Spine width: 12mm