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The critical imagination / James Grant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- 1980- Grant., author.
- Series:
- Oxford philosophical monographs.
- Oxford philosophical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Aesthetics.
- Art criticism.
- Imagination.
- Metaphor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1版.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'The Critical Imagination' explores metaphor, imaginativeness and criticism of the arts. James Grant critically examines the idea that art is rewarding because it involves responding imaginatively to a work. He explains the role imaginativeness plays in criticism, and goes on to examine why imaginative metaphors are so common in art criticism.
- Contents:
- The Aims of Criticism
- Criticism and Appreciation
- Criticism and Imagination
- Metaphor and Likeness
- The Dispensability of Metaphor
- Metaphor and Criticism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-28217-2
- 0-19-163794-7
- OCLC:
- 892695649
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