Philosophy of Literature Contemporary and Classic Readings - an Anthology

Name: Philosophy of Literature Contemporary and Classic Readings - an Anthology
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ISBN: 9781405112086

ISBN-10: 1405112085

ISBN-13: 9781405112086

Edition: 2004

Authors: Eileen John, Dominic McIver Lopes

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Essential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Contains forty-five substantial and carefully chosen essays and extracts. Provides a balanced and coherent overview of developments in the field during the past thirty years, including influential work on fiction, interpretation, metaphor, literary value, and the definition and ontology of literature. Includes an additional historical section featuring generous selections of the writings of early pioneers such as Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Hume. Serves as an ideal introduction to the philosophy of literature or the philosophy of art, as well as a handy compilation of…

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List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Classic Sources


Introduction



Republic




Poetics




Of Tragedy




The Birth of Tragedy




Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming




Definition of Literature


Introduction



Spazio




What Isn't Literature?




The Concept of Literature




Literary Practice




What is Literature?




Ontology of Literature


Introduction



Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote




Literary Works as Types




Literature




Interpretation and Identity: Can the Work Survive the World?




Work and Text




Fiction


Introduction



Doonesbury




The Logical Status of Fictional Discourse




Truth in Fiction




What is Fiction?




Fiction and Nonfiction




Fictional Characters as Abstract Artifacts




Logic and Criticism




Emotion


Introduction



Applicant




How Can We Be Moved by the Fate of Anna Karenina?




Fearing Fictionally




The Pleasures of Tragedy




Tragedy and the Community of Sentiment




Metaphor


Introduction



Essay on What I Think About Most




Metaphor




What Metaphors Mean




Metaphor, Feeling, and Narrative




Metaphor and Prop Oriented Make-Believe




Interpretation


Introduction



Who Is Responsible in Ethical Criticism, and for What?




Criticism as Retrieval




The Postulated Author: Critical Monism as a Regulative Ideal




Art Interpretation




Art, Intention, and Conversation




Intention and Interpretation




Style and Personality in the Literary Work




Literary Values


Introduction



Xingu




On the Cognitive Triviality of Art




Literature and Knowledge




"Finely Aware and Richly Responsible"




Literature, Truth, and Philosophy




The Ethical Criticism of Art



Index