Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature by Kivy, Peter

Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781786607355)

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Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature by Kivy, Peter

Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature

$48.00
Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature by Kivy, Peter

Once Upon a Time: Essays in the Philosophy of Literature

$48.00
Format: Paperback
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Once Upon a Time is a collection of essays in the philosophy of literature with two central themes: the significance of story -telling for us and the question of whether the novel, perhaps the art form most closely associated with story-telling, is a legitimate source of human knowledge. Leading philosopher of art Peter Kivy explores why human beings are so enthralled by being told stories and whether story-telling is a significant source of knowledge. Starting with a study of Aristotle's Poetics, Kivy then undertakes a critical discussion of Noel Carroll's suggestion that our interaction with the artists of the past is a kind of "conversation." He goes on to defend the thesis that one of the legitimate artistic pleasures we take in novel-reading is the acquiring of knowledge and, furthermore, that the silent reading of a novel is a kind of performance, making the novel one of the performing arts. The volume concludes with a chapter about jokes, and, in particular, whether it is immoral to tell or be amused by an "immoral" joke. This volume of essays is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in literature and the conceptual problems it may raise for philosophers.

Author: Peter Kivy, Aaron Meskin
ISBN-10: 1786607352
ISBN-13: 9781786607355
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2019
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d

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By Peter Kivy
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Peter Kivy was Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Rutgers University. His many published works include De Gustibus: Arguing About Taste and Why We Do It (2015), Music Alone: Philosophical Reflections on the Purely Musical Experience (2009), The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics (2004) and Antithetical Arts: On the Ancient Quarrel Between Literature and Music (2009). Several of his books have been translated into Chinese, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. He was a former Guggenheim Fellow and a past President of the American Society for Aesthetics.

Aaron Meskin is the Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Georgia.

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