A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hagberg, Garry L.; Jost, Walter

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This monumental collection of new and recent essays from an international team of eminent scholars represents the best contemporary critical thinking relating to both literary and philosophical studies of literature. * Helpfully groups essays into the field's main sub-categories, among them 'Relations Between Philosophy and Literature', 'Emotional Engagement and the Experience of Reading', 'Literature and the Moral Life', and 'Literary Language' * Offers a combination of analytical precision and literary richness * Represents an unparalleled work of reference for students and specialists alike, ideal for course use

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444315608
• Artikelnr.: 37363973

Autorenporträt

Garry L. Hagberg is the James H. Ottaway Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at Bard College, and has in recent years held a Chair in the School of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and a visiting fellowship at Cambridge University. He has published widely in philosophical and literary contexts; his recent books include Art and Ethical Criticism (Blackwell, 2008) and Describing Ourselves: Wittgenstein and Autobiographical Consciousness (2008). He is joint editor of the journal Philosophy and Literature. Walter Jost is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Rhetorical Thought in John Henry Newman (1989) and Rhetorical Investigations (2004), and has edited or co-edited six previous books, including (with Wendy Olmsted) A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism (Blackwell, 2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Relations
between Philosophy and Literature Part II: Emotional Engagement and the
Experience of Reading Part III: Philosophy, Tragedy, and Literary Form Part
IV: Literature and the Moral Life Part V: Narrative and the Question of
Literary Truth Part VI: Intention and Biography in Criticism Part VII: On
Literary Language Index