Aesthetic Experience and the Humanities : Modern Ideas of Aesthetic Experience in the Reading of World Literature / Francis Shoemaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shoemaker, Francis, 1909- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Literature--Study and teaching.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1943]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An examination of the aesthetic experience as seen through world literature and the humanities. Review of ideas from world literature, various spokesmen for the humanities, and practices for modern humanities courses.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Foreword, by Lennox Grey

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

Part I. Ideas of Aesthetic Experience underlying Modern World Literature and Humanities Courses

Part II. Enlarging Ideas of Aesthetic Experience among Spokesmen for the Humanities

Part III. Converging Ideas and Practices in World Literature and Modern Humanities Courses

Part IV. Extensions and Exemplification of a Modern Aesthetic Approach to World Literature: Hamlet as Example

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231877534

0231877536

OCLC:

1100452687