Gebundenes Buch

Fictional Characters, Real Problems

The Search for Ethical Content in Literature

Herausgeber: Hagberg, Garry L

Beschreibung

These new essays explore central aspects of the ethical content of literature: character, its formation, and its role in moral discernment; poetic vision in the context of ethical understanding; self-identity and self-understanding; literature's role in moral growth and change; and the historical background of the ethical dimension of literature.

Autor

Garry L. Hagberg is the James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College, and has in recent years also been Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia. Author of numerous papers at the intersection of aesthetics and the philosophy of language, his books include Meaning and Interpretation: Wittgenstein, Henry James, and Literary Knowledge; Art as Language: Wittgenstein, Meaning, and Aesthetic Theory; and Describing Ourselves: Wittgenstein and Autobiographical Consciousness. He is editor of Art and Ethical Criticism, co-editor of A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature, and Editor of the journal Philosophy and Literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 739g
• ISBN-13: 9780198715719
• ISBN-10: 0198715714
• Artikelnr.: 47867600