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On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint

byMaggie Nelson

On Freedom is Maggie Nelson's cultural history of four Songs of Care and Constraint. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of art and literary collections. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. Historical context and individual experience remain equally important to the book's explanation.

Publisher

Graywolf Press

Publication date

Sep 07, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

288

ISBN

9781644450628