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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783688703321

Autore

Kermode Frank <1919-2010.>

Titolo

Pleasure and change [[electronic resource] ] : the aesthetics of canon / / Frank Kermode with commentaries by Geoffrey Hartman, John Guillory, Carey Perloff ; edited and introduced by Robert Alter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-42786-8

0-19-534682-3

1-4237-2067-9

1-60256-483-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 p.)

Collana

The Berkeley Tanner lectures

Altri autori (Persone)

AlterRobert

Disciplina

809

Soggetti

Canon (Literature)

Literature - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; PLEASURE AND CHANGE; Pleasure; Change; COMMENTS; The Passing of the Canon; It Must Be Abstract; The Artist and the Canon; REPLY TO COMMENTATORS; On the Comments of the Discussants; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Reinterprets the question of canon formation in light of two related and central notions: pleasure and change. This work asks how aesthetic pleasure informs what we find valuable, and how this perception changes over time. It also explores the role of chance, observing the connections between canon formation and unintentional random circumstance.