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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... considered the purpose or end of a thing the principal considera- tion , and the work of literary art — that is , the form itself — to be the purpose or end . That being the case , the inevitable next question concerns the value of ...
... considered the purpose or end of a thing the principal considera- tion , and the work of literary art — that is , the form itself — to be the purpose or end . That being the case , the inevitable next question concerns the value of ...
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... considered the " end " to be in the neighborhood of ultimate transcendental reality.4 Yeats aimed to achieve an effect akin to ultimate reality by the use of the symbol.5 " Expressionist " theories , on the other hand , locate the func ...
... considered the " end " to be in the neighborhood of ultimate transcendental reality.4 Yeats aimed to achieve an effect akin to ultimate reality by the use of the symbol.5 " Expressionist " theories , on the other hand , locate the func ...
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... considered art to be the creating of forms expressing the dynamics of feeling , " Forms mirror the logic of feeling , " as author Susanne Langer said.10 That the " end " of poetry is in the listener or reader is another very old idea ...
... considered art to be the creating of forms expressing the dynamics of feeling , " Forms mirror the logic of feeling , " as author Susanne Langer said.10 That the " end " of poetry is in the listener or reader is another very old idea ...
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... ( considered as damaging ) on the poet is hinted at in an occa- sional modern commentary and by poets themselves . The " mad poet " has long been a stereotype.29 Another claim , made long ago by Strabo in conformity with an idea hinted at ...
... ( considered as damaging ) on the poet is hinted at in an occa- sional modern commentary and by poets themselves . The " mad poet " has long been a stereotype.29 Another claim , made long ago by Strabo in conformity with an idea hinted at ...
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... considered synonymous with propensity to be inspired , intuitive , penetrating , effortless . That genius in poets is characterized by those qualities when they are applying themselves to making poems everyone agrees . It is clear that ...
... considered synonymous with propensity to be inspired , intuitive , penetrating , effortless . That genius in poets is characterized by those qualities when they are applying themselves to making poems everyone agrees . It is clear that ...
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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