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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814160103321

Autore

New Christopher

Titolo

Philosophy of literature : an introduction / / Christopher New

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

81-272-3245-9

1-134-82519-6

0-203-15960-8

1-134-82520-X

1-280-33211-5

0-203-02566-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

801

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

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 (p. 148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; What is literature? Clearing the ground; What is literature? Definitions and resemblances; Fiction; Psychological reactions to fiction; Imagination; Metaphor; Interpretation and intention; Literature, truth and morality; Literary appraisals; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems. While literary theorists have discussed the nature of literature intensively, analytic philosophers have usually dealt with literary problems either within the general framework of aesthetics or else in a way that is accessible only to a philosophical audience. The present book is unique in that it introduces the philosophy of literature from an analytic perspective accessible to both students of literature and students of philosophy. Specifically, the book addresses: the definition of literature, the distinction between o