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Pretentiousness: Why it Matters

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Pretentiousness: Why it Matters

By Dan Fox

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About the book

What is pretentiousness? Why are we afraid of it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? Drawing on the author's own experiences growing up and working at the more radical edges of the arts, this book is a timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and diversity in our culture.

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9781910695043

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Fitzcarraldo Editions

Published year

2016

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1

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Pretentiousness: Why it Matters

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Paperback

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