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Meaning in the arts / editors, Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Midwest studies in philosophy ; v. 27.
- Midwest studies in philosophy ; v. 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arts--Philosophy.
- Arts.
- Meaning (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 165 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Blackwell Pub., [2003]
- Summary:
- This collection of articles from prominent philosophers and practitioners of the arts illuminates the notion of meaning in the arts, including literature, painting, music, and dance. Specific topics include the application of theory in literary criticism, music, and dance; explorations of the relationship between authorial intentions and the viewer's interpretation of meaning; the possibility (or impossibility) of objective meaning; and the role of the consumer as a participant in the work of art.
- Contents:
- Ode to meaning / Robert Pinsky
- Resurrecting the author / Nicholas Wolterstorff
- Meaning in the work of art: a hermeneutic perspective / Charles Guignon
- Words for the wordless / D.Z. Phillips
- Musical thinking / Jerrold Levinson
- Is twelve-tone music artistically defective? / Dianna Raffman
- Self-mutilation, interpretation, and controversial art / Jill Sigman
- Time in the movies / Gideon Yaffe
- Philosophy screened: experiencing The matrix / Thomas E. Wartenberg
- The self-disarmament of God as evolutionary pre-adaptation / Jack Miles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1405108916
- OCLC:
- 52749932
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