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

On Beauty: A History of a Western Idea

by Eco, Umberto

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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
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