The Theory and Aesthetic Evaluation of Literature

Capa
Susquehanna University Press, 1989 - 126 páginas
This primarily theoretical work explores what literature is, and what it is not, and demonstrates how philosophical assumptions have directed literary currents. The discussion addresses value in general, aesthetic value in particular, and the major aesthetic values expressed in great literature of the past and present.
 

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Preliminary Distinctions Rhetoric and Poetic
13
The Theory of Literature
17
Value
44
Aesthetic Value and Affective Hazard
49
Aesthetic Values in Literature
55
Conclusion
102
Notes
104
Bibliography
115
Index
121
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