Essays on literature, philosophy, art, history
Author: Voltaire
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 318
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The Works of Voltaire: Essays on literature, philosophy, art, history
Author: Voltaire
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 324
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Author: Peter Kivy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781786607348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKivy raises questions of a philosophical nature about the novel that will be of interest both to the professional philosopher and to the general reader.
Medea
Author: James J. Clauss
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997-01-12
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780691043760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe figure of Medea has inspired artists in all fields throughout the centuries. This work examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological and cultural questions these portrayals raise.
The Utopian Function of Art and Literature
Author: Ernst Bloch
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1989-03-06
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780262521390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays in aesthetics by the philosopher Ernst Bloch that belong to the tradition of cultural criticism represented by Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin. The aesthetic essays of the philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885–1977) belong to the rich tradition of cultural criticism represented by Georg Lukács, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin. Bloch was a significant creative source for these thinkers, and his impact is nowhere more evident than in writings on art. Bloch was fascinated with art as a reflection of both social realities and human dreams. Whether he is discussing architecture or detective novels, the theme that drives his work is always the same—the striving for "something better," for a "homeland" that is more socially aware, more humane, more just. The book opens with an illuminating discussion between Bloch and Adorno on the meaning of utopia; then follow twelve essays written between 1930 and 1973 on topics such as aesthetic theory, genres such as music, painting, theater, film, opera, poetry, and the novel, and perhaps most important, popular culture in the form of fairy tales, detective stories, and dime novels. The MIT Press has previously published Ernst Bloch's Natural Law and Human Dignity and his magnum opus, The Principle of Hope. The Utopian Function of Art and Literature is included in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy.
Philosophizing Art
Author: Arthur C. Danto
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2001-04-06
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780520229068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eclectic collection of essays centering on the intersection of art and philosophy, especially in the late 20th century.
Essays in Philosophy and Its History
Author: Wilfrid Sellars
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9401022917
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn pulling these essays together for inclusion in one volume I do not believe that I have done them violence. Since they originally appeared at different times and places they constitute a scattered object. Never theless, to the author's eye they have unities of theme and development which, if they fail to give them the true identity of the book, may (to adapt a metaphor from Hume) generate those smooth and easy transi tions of the imagination which arouse dispositions appropriate to sur veying such identical objects. For the juxtaposition of historical and systematic studies I make no apology. It has been suggested, with a friendly touch of malice, that if Science and Metaphysics consists, as its subtitle proclaims, of Variations on Kantian Themes, it would be no less accurate to sub-title my historical essays 'variations on Sellars ian themes'. But this is as it should be. Phi losophy is a continuing dialogue with one's contemporaries, living and dead, and if one fails to see oneself in one's respondent and one's re spondent in oneself, there is confrontation but no dialogue. The historian, as Collingwood points out, becomes Caesar's contemporary by learning to think Caesar's thoughts. And it is because Plato thought so many of our thoughts that he is our contemporary and companion.
The Fiction of Narrative
Author: Hayden White
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2010-06
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 0801894808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies, Robert Doran (French and comparative literature, U. of Rochester) gathers together 23 previously uncollected essays written by theorist and historian Hayden White (comparative literature, Stanford U.) from 1957 to 2007, on his theories of historical writing and narrative. Essays are organized chronologically and reveal the evolution of White's thought and its relationship to theories of the time, as well as the impact on the way scholars think about historical representation, the discipline of history, and how historiography intersects with other areas, especially literary studies. They specifically address theory of tropes, theory of narrative, and figuralism.
A History of Six Ideas
Author: W. Tatarkiewicz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9400988052
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of aesthetics, like the histories of other sciences, may be treated in a two-fold manner: as the history of the men who created the field of study, or as the history of the questions that have been raised and resolved in the course of its pursuit. The earlier History of Aesthetics (3 volumes, 1960-68, English-language edition 1970-74) by the author of the present book was a history of men, of writers and artists who in centuries past have spoken up concerning beauty and art, form and crea tivity. The present book returns to the same subject, but treats it in a different way: as the history of aesthetic questions, concepts, theories. The matter of the two books, the previous and the present, is in part the same; but only in part: for the earlier book ended with the 17th century, while the present one brings the subject up to our own times. And from the 18th century to the 20th much happened in aesthetics; it was only in that period that aesthetics achieved recognition as a separate science, received a name of its own, and produced theories that early scholars and artists had never dreamed of.
Art, Representation, and Make-Believe
Author: Sonia Sedivy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-06-06
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1000396207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first collection of essays focused on the many-faceted work of Kendall L. Walton. Walton has shaped debate about the arts for the last 50 years. He provides a comprehensive framework for understanding arts in terms of the human capacity of make-believe that shows how different arts – visual, photographic, musical, literary, or poetic – can be explained in terms of complex structures of pretense, perception, imagining, empathy, and emotion. His groundbreaking work has been taken beyond aesthetics to address foundational issues concerning linguistic and scientific representations – for example, about the nature of scientific modelling or to explain how much of what we say is quite different from the literal meanings of our words. Contributions from a diverse group of philosophers probe Walton’s detailed proposals and the themes for research they open. The essays provide an overview of important debates that have Walton’s work at their core. This book will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working on aesthetics across the humanities, as well as those interested in the topic of representation and its intersection with perception, language, science, and metaphysics.
