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Thinking with Tolstoy and Wittgenstein : Expression, Emotion, and Art / Henry W. Pickford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickford, Henry W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Criticism and interpretation.
- Tolstoy, Leo.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this highly original interdisciplinary study incorporating close readings of literary texts and philosophical argumentation, Henry W.Pickford develops a theory of meaning and expression in art intended to counter the meaning skepticism most commonly associated with the theories of Jacques Derrida.
- Contents:
- Meaning skepticism in Derrida and Wittgenstein
- Tolstoy's crisis : Anna Karenina
- Tolstoy's expressivist aesthetic theory : what is art?
- Schopenhauer's shadow
- Tolstoy's Kreutzer sonata and consequences
- Reconstructing Tolstoy I : the nature of emotions
- Reconstructing Tolstoy II : the morality of emotions
- Reconstructing Tolstoy III : expression in art.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-3171-4
- OCLC:
- 930760390
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