Philosophy of Literature

New, Christopher:

ISBN 10: 041514485X / ISBN 13: 9780415144858

Published by Routledge, 1999

About this Item

151 Seiten An Introduction. Innen sauberer, guter Zustand. Hardcover, Pappeinband, mit den üblichen Bibliotheks-Markierungen, Stempeln und Einträgen, innen wie außen, siehe Bilder. (Evtl. auch Kleber- und/oder Etikettenreste, sowie -abdrücke durch abgelöste Bibliotheksschilder). DE-20-04 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 363.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philosophy of Literature
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041514485X
• ISBN 13: 9780415144858
• Binding: 16.51 cm x 1.91 cm x 24.77 cm
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 363 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modernes Antiquariat

About this title

Synopsis

Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems. While literary theorists have discussed the nature of literature intensively, analytic philosophers have usually dealt with literary problems either within the general framework of aesthetics or else in a way that is accessible only to a philosophical audience. The present book is unique in that it introduces the philosophy of literature from an analytic perspective accessible to both students of literature and students of philosophy. Specifically, the book addresses: the definition of literature, the distinction between oral and written literature and the identity of literary works the nature of fiction and our emotional involvement with fictional characters the concept of imagination and its role in the apprehension of literary works theories of metaphor and postmodernist theory on the significance of the authors' intentions to the interpretationof their work an examination of the relevance of thruth and morality to literary appreciation Lucid and well organised and free from jargon, hilosophy of Literature: An Introduction offers fresh approaches to traditional problems and raises new issues in the philosophy of literature.

About the Author

Christopher New is former Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is also the author of a number of novels.