The Theory and Aesthetic Evaluation of LiteratureSusquehanna University Press, 1989 - 126 Seiten 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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... applicability to works of any century . The author , finding value acutely effec- tual in ancient , medieval , Renaissance , and modern works , observes that " time ( Continued on back flap ) This One FB3X - QH4 - DHS5 • " 1 The Theory.
... applicability to works of any century . The author , finding value acutely effec- tual in ancient , medieval , Renaissance , and modern works , observes that " time ( Continued on back flap ) This One FB3X - QH4 - DHS5 • " 1 The Theory.
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... centuries . But additional , more radical ques- tions have recently been challenging students and teachers ; now , the existence of literature seems to be threatened . After all , what is it , and of essentially what value is it ? My ...
... centuries . But additional , more radical ques- tions have recently been challenging students and teachers ; now , the existence of literature seems to be threatened . After all , what is it , and of essentially what value is it ? My ...
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... century B.c. , political leaders in Athens and the Greek Islands and provinces of the empire programmed speech in order to arouse in their listeners determination to action . Even in the epics of Homer , which were composed con ...
... century B.c. , political leaders in Athens and the Greek Islands and provinces of the empire programmed speech in order to arouse in their listeners determination to action . Even in the epics of Homer , which were composed con ...
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... centuries have been convinced that poetry's function is to teach , to delight , to uplift readers or listeners . 13 The fourth alternative , that the end is in the poem itself , is ancient and has been popular also in the twentieth century ...
... centuries have been convinced that poetry's function is to teach , to delight , to uplift readers or listeners . 13 The fourth alternative , that the end is in the poem itself , is ancient and has been popular also in the twentieth century ...
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... centuries . It has been at least implied in the twentieth century too.30 Each of these long traditions , it seems , has its own appeal and each has had a considerable following . Their popu- larity can be explained by the fact that they ...
... centuries . It has been at least implied in the twentieth century too.30 Each of these long traditions , it seems , has its own appeal and each has had a considerable following . Their popu- larity can be explained by the fact that they ...
Inhalt
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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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Seite 62 - As bees In spring time, when the sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters : they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubb'd with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs : so thick the aery crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Seite 37 - The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea...
Seite 62 - In clusters ; they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubbed with balm, expatiate and confer Their state-affairs.
Seite 98 - For, al-so siker as In principle, Mulier est hominis confusio,— Madame, the sentence of this Latyn is, "Womman is mannes joye, and al his blis...
Seite 60 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the most ancient author in the heathen world ; and those who consider him in this light, will double their pleasure in the perusal of him.
Seite 42 - What happens is a continual surrender of himself as he is at the moment to something which is more valuable. The progress of an artist is a continual selfsacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
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