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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830710003321

Titolo

Philosophy of literature / / edited by Severin Schroeder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4443-5188-5

1-282-55046-2

9786612550461

1-4443-2432-2

1-4443-2433-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Collana

Ratio Book Series

Disciplina

801

Soggetti

Literature - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE; Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1: LITERATURE, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE AESTHETIC ATTTUDE; 2: THE ELUSIVENESS OF POETIC MEANING; 3: FICTIONAL FORM AND SYMPHONIC STRUCTURE: AN ESSAY IN COMPARATIVE AESTHETICS; 4: CRITICISM OF LITERATURE AND CRITICISM OF CULTURE; 5: INCENSE AND INSENSIBILITY: AUSTIN ON THE 'NON-SERIOUSNESS' OF POETRY; 6: PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Philosophy of Literature presents six newly-commissioned essays from international scholars that address some of the key issues relating to the philosophy of literature, a thriving and increasingly influential branch of aestheticsFeatures a half dozen newly commissioned articles from leading scholars in the field of philosophy of literatureFocuses on a branch of aesthetics that has not received the attention it deservesIncludes a reading on the historical relationship between philosophy and literature with recent developments and projections for the future<