Kitsch is mechanical and operates by formulas. Kitsch is vicarious experience and faked sensations... Kitsch is the epitome of all that is spurious in the life of our times.

Clement Greenberg

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Kitsch Taste

Author

Clement Greenberg

Source

Avant-Garde and Kitsch Partisan Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United States

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Citation

Greenberg, Clement. "Avant-Garde and Kitsch." Partisan Review, 1939.

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Nature of the universe The universe

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John H. Holmes
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Time
1932 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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Author

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Source
Wind, Sand and Stars
Genre
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Language
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Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

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Adaptability Nature of man

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Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.