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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808576703321

Autore

Livingston Ray F (Ray Frederick)

Titolo

The traditional theory of literature / / by Ray Livingston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, [c1962]

ISBN

0-8166-5819-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

188 p

Disciplina

801.9

Soggetti

Art - Philosophy

Literature - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography (p. 183-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I: PROLOGUE -- II: MAN, SOCIETY, AND ART -- III: THE CREATIVE PROCESS -- IV: THE WORK OF ART -- V: THE FUNCTION OF WORKS OF ART -- VI: JUDGMENT AND CRITICISM -- VII: CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: A BRIEF LIFE OF ANANDA COOMARASWAMY -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a study of works of the contemporary Indian scholar Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, as well as of other exponents of the ancient doctrine of the Perennial Philosophy, Professor Livingston develops and explicates a traditional theory of literature. Coomar.