Philosophy of Literature

Philosophy of Literature
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9781134825202
ISBN-13 : 113482520X
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Book Synopsis Philosophy of Literature by : Christopher New

Download or read book Philosophy of Literature written by Christopher New and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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