Aesthetics and the theory of criticism;
selected essays of Arnold Isenberg.
Edited by William Callaghan [and others] With an introd. by Mary Mothersill and a biographical sketch by William Callaghan.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago,
University of Chicago Press
[1973]
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Physical description: xxxix, 322 p. port. 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 0226385116 |
Table of Contents:
Aesthetics: Music and ideas. Formalism. Perception, meaning, and the subject matter of art. The technical factor in art. The aesthetic function of language. The problem of belief. On defining metaphor.
Criticism: Cordelia absent. A poem by Frost and some principles of criticism. Critical communication. "Pretentious" as an aesthetic predicate. Superlatives. Some problems of interpretation.
Ethics and moral psychology: Natural pride and natural shame. Deontology and the ethics of lying. Ethical and aesthetic criticism.
Appendices (p. [283]-316).
A. Analytical philosophy and the study of art.
B. Notebooks and letters.
Aesthetics: Music and ideas. Formalism. Perception, meaning, and the subject matter of art. The technical factor in art. The aesthetic function of language. The problem of belief. On defining metaphor.
Criticism: Cordelia absent. A poem by Frost and some principles of criticism. Critical communication. "Pretentious" as an aesthetic predicate. Superlatives. Some problems of interpretation.
Ethics and moral psychology: Natural pride and natural shame. Deontology and the ethics of lying. Ethical and aesthetic criticism.
Appendices (p. [283]-316).
A. Analytical philosophy and the study of art.
B. Notebooks and letters.