“The combination of his well-deserved reputation with the subject matter will ensure that the volume has a widespread appeal, from academic philosophers to students of popular culture and the consumers of mass art.” (British Journal of Aesthetics, 1 September 2015)
“Noël Carroll is America’s greatest philosopher of popular art, and Minerva’s Night Out is the definitive collection of his work on the subject. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the interpretation of popular culture.”
―William Irwin, General Editor of The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
“What is astonishing here is not just the versatility, but the interpretive power, Carroll’s ability to find philosophical themes in subjects ranging from Yasmina Reza to Hitchcock to Halloween.”
―Joan Acocella of The New Yorker
“In these probing, subtle, and entertaining reflections on cinema, television, and theatre, Noël Carroll once more proves himself our foremost philosopher of popular art.”
―David Bordwell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Noël Carroll’s omnivorous interest in all the arts―fine, popular, mass―always undergirded by sturdy philosophical analysis is on display in this excellent collection. I’m glad to recommend it.”
―Ted Cohen, University of Chicago
From the Inside Flap
Minerva’s Night Out showcases noted philosopher and motion picture and media theorist Noël Carroll addressing the philosophical aspects of popular films and pop culture in thought-provoking essays at the intersection of the popular and the profound. Ranging across the philosophy of Halloween to psychoanalysis and the horror film, from Vertigo and the pathologies of romantic love to Andy Kaufman and the philosophies of interpretation, Carroll delivers the insight, wit, and serious engagement for which he’s known. At once accessible and intellectually stimulating, Minerva’s Night Out plumbs the depths beneath the surface of motion pictures and popular culture.
From the Back Cover
Minerva’s Night Out showcases noted philosopher and motion picture and media theorist Noël Carroll addressing the philosophical aspects of popular films and pop culture in thought-provoking essays at the intersection of the popular and the profound. Ranging across the philosophy of Halloween to psychoanalysis and the horror film, from Vertigo and the pathologies of romantic love to Andy Kaufman and the philosophies of interpretation, Carroll delivers the insight, wit, and serious engagement for which he’s known. At once accessible and intellectually stimulating, Minerva’s Night Out plumbs the depths beneath the surface of motion pictures and popular culture.
About the Author
Noël Carroll is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. A former journalist, screenwriter, and President of the American Society for Aesthetics, Carroll is the author of 16 books, including Art in Three Dimensions (2010), On Criticism (2009), The Philosophy of Motion Pictures (Blackwell, 2008), Beyond Aesthetics (2001), A Philosophy of Mass Art (1999), and Interpreting the Moving Image (1998).
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