Published by Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996, 1996
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
sewn PAPERBACK, some light pencil marks in margins or some underlining on about 20 scattered pages, heavy on only a few, but still quite good copy for study, and otherwise clean and solid. LEVINSON, JERROLD. The pleasures of aesthetics: philosophical essays - COPY WITH SOME MARKINGS. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1996, xiv, 312pp., . CONTENTS: PART ONE: ART AND PLEASURE -- What Is Aesthetic Pleasure? -- Pleasure and the Value of Works of Art -- PART TWO: AESTHETICS OF MUSIC -- Musical Literacy -- Song and Music Drama -- Performative versus Critical Interpretation in Music -- Musical Expressiveness -- PART THREE: ONTOLOGY AND DEFINITION OF ART -- The Work of Visual Art -- Art as Action -- Extending Art Historically -- PART FOUR: INTERPRETING ART -- Intention and Interpretation in Literature -- Philosophy as an Art -- Messages in Art -- Work and Oeuvre -- PART FIVE: UNDERSTANDING FICTION -- Horrible Fictions -- Making Believe. 9780801482267 ISBN 0801482267.