The pleasures of aesthetics : philosophical essays / Jerrold Levinson.
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TextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1996Description: xiv, 312 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0801482267
- 9780801482267
- 0801430593
- 9780801430596
- 111.85
- BH39. L495 1996
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"Fifteen essays ... written during the six years 1990-95"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Pt. 1. Art and Pleasure -- 1. What Is Aesthetic Pleasure? -- 2. Pleasure and the Value of Works of Art -- Pt. 2. Aesthetics of Music -- 3. Musical Literacy -- 4. Song and Music Drama -- 5. Performative versus Critical Interpretation in Music -- 6. Musical Expressiveness -- Pt. 3. Ontology and Definition of Art -- 7. The Work of Visual Art -- 8. Art as Action -- 9. Extending Art Historically -- Pt. 4. Interpreting Art -- 10. Intention and Interpretation in Literature -- 11. Philosophy as an Art -- 12. Messages in Art -- 13. Work and Oeuvre -- Pt. 5. Understanding Fiction -- 14. Horrible Fictions -- 15. Making Believe -- Index.
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