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Philosophy of Literature: An Introduction (Paperback)
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Short Description for Philosophy of LiteratureThis work introduces the philosophy of literature from an analytic perspective. Topics include: the definition of literature; the distinction between oral and written literature and the identity of literary works; and the nature of fiction.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 01 April 1999
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Literary Theory
- ISBN 13: 9780415144865 ISBN 10: 0415144868
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Full description for Philosophy of Literature
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.
