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Record Nr.

UNINA9911034941703321

Autore

Barris Jeremy

Titolo

Herman Charles Bosman and the Depth of Humorous Storytelling : Light Fiction and Existential Grace / / by Jeremy Barris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

3-032-00518-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (0 pages)

Collana

Religion and Philosophy Series

Disciplina

823.91

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Literature - Aesthetics

Ethics

Philosophy of mind

Self

Religion - Philosophy

Literary Aesthetics

Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics

Philosophy of the Self

Philosophy of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction: Life and Contexts -- 2: Bosman and Existential Grace -- 3: The Depth of Artistic Fiction -- 4: A General Overview of the Nature and Depth of Bosman’s Humor -- 5: Specifics of Bosman’s Humorous Storytelling and Its Charmed World -- 6: Bosman’s Charmed World as a Contemplative Space That Brings Out the Meaningfulness of Things -- 7: The Charmed World and the Sense of Sense Itself -- 8: The Truth of the Story’s Content and the Reality of the Reader Themselves.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a philosophical exploration of the extraordinary depth of Herman Charles Bosman’s humorous short stories. It argues that while his stories are entirely readable as light fiction, they are also revelatory of the nature of literary art. Their art allows us to experience the depth that ordinary life possesses. The book sets its argument in



the context of a discussion of the depth of fiction in relation to truth, and consequently of the relation of the charms of the worlds of fiction to the reality of everyday life. Herman Charles Bosman and the Depth of Humorous Storytelling is essential reading for philosophers of literary aesthetics as well as for scholars in literary studies, narrative theory, and comparative literature. Jeremy Barris is a professor of philosophy at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.