Contemplating Art - Hardcover

Levinson, Jerrold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019920618X ISBN 13: 9780199206186

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Contemplating Art is a compendium of writings from the last ten years by one of the leading figures in aesthetics, Jerrold Levinson. The twenty-four essays range over issues in general aesthetics and those relating to specific arts--in particular music, film, and literature. It will appeal not only to philosophers but also to musicologists, literary theorists, art critics, and reflective lovers of the arts.

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About the Author:

Jerrold Levinson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications include Music, Art, and Metaphysics (1990), The Pleasures of Aesthetics (1998), and Music in the Moment (1998). He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Aesthetics (2003) and co-editor of Aesthetic Concepts (2001). He is Past President of the American Society for Aesthetics and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Aesthetics. His work is widely anthologized and translated into various languages.

Review:

...over the last twenty years or so, Jerrold Levinson's work has been undoubtedly amongst the most wide-ranging and highly regarded in the field of philosophical aesthetics...interesting and original... It is this mixture of profoundly investigative and innovative essays that leaves the most lasting impression on the reader, leading us to wonder, whether, despite his previous achievements, Levinson's most interesting and important work is yet to come... Elisabeth Schellekens, Mind an excellent book...Levinson is essential reading for contemporary aesthetics. Derek Matravers, British Journal of Aesthetics

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