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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isenberg, Arnold.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Isenberg, Arnold.
- Aesthetics.
- Criticism.
- Physical Description:
- xxxix, 322 pages : portrait ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1973]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0226385116
- OCLC:
- 962861
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