For Love Or Money
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears on rear panel; minor marking on rear panel. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs on aging. Markings: -. Binding: Intact.
A penetrating work of cultural and literary criticism, For Love or Money presents Sir Richard Rees's incisive examination of the relationship between art, literature, and the economic forces that shape modern society. Drawing on his background as a writer, painter, and close friend of George Orwell, Rees argues with clarity and conviction that the commercialisation of culture has fundamentally altered the nature of creative work and human values. The book surveys a broad range of thinkers and artists, illustrating how the tension between artistic integrity and financial imperatives plays out across literature and society. Written in a measured yet passionate tone, it stands as a compelling mid-twentieth-century meditation on what it means to create and to live in a world increasingly governed by money.
Author: Richard Rees
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Secker and Warburg
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears on rear panel; minor marking on rear panel. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs on aging. Markings: -. Binding: Intact.
A penetrating work of cultural and literary criticism, For Love or Money presents Sir Richard Rees's incisive examination of the relationship between art, literature, and the economic forces that shape modern society. Drawing on his background as a writer, painter, and close friend of George Orwell, Rees argues with clarity and conviction that the commercialisation of culture has fundamentally altered the nature of creative work and human values. The book surveys a broad range of thinkers and artists, illustrating how the tension between artistic integrity and financial imperatives plays out across literature and society. Written in a measured yet passionate tone, it stands as a compelling mid-twentieth-century meditation on what it means to create and to live in a world increasingly governed by money.