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The Grotesque in the Romantic Period

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Scott Postma
Mar 18, 2023
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In a previous post, I discussed the fact that during the mid-twentieth century, the Western world entered a unique and unsettling crisis about the identity of man. Last week’s post introduced the idea that the Freak can be seen as a conception of wholeness. There I initiated a historical analysis of the grotesque in art and literature from its beginning…

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