{"product_id":"a-rhetoric-of-aesthetic-power-christian-kock-9783031689697","title":"A Rhetoric of Aesthetic Power: Moving Forms","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a theory of those formal properties of art that are apt to afford strong aesthetic experience - a project resembling Aristotle's in the \u003cem\u003ePoetics\u003c\/em\u003e, where he analysed structures in tragedies that condition the \"peculiar pleasure\" of tragedy. However, the book's scope cuts across all genres of literature and also includes classical music - the formal art par excellence. Drawing on a wide array of recent theoretical work and empirical evidence, the book closely analyses dozens of examples of both art forms. Besides Aristotle, major inspiration comes from two modern master thinkers: the linguist Roman Jakobson, who defined the \"poetic function\" of language, and the rhetorician Kenneth Burke, who proposed a \"psychological\" concept of form. Throughout, the book argues for aesthetic experience as an end in itself and a component of quality of life, one to which everyone should have access - rather than just a means to other ends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Kock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031689690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031689697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d","brand":"Christian Kock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46384087695615,"sku":"9783031689697","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f273b6b6-d6c3-41c5-849a-acb7ec55d2df.jpg?v=1733282656","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-rhetoric-of-aesthetic-power-christian-kock-9783031689697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}