{"product_id":"reading-ideas-in-victorian-literature-patrick-fessenbecker-9781474460606","title":"Reading Ideas in Victorian Literature: Literary Content as Artistic Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003eArgues against the repeated emphasis on literary form and for the artistic importance of literary content\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppeals to those interested in philosophy and literature, especially the philosophy of literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together thinkers from the analytic and continental traditions in aesthetics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains an updated and expanded version of the award-winning essay 'In Defence of Paraphrase'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a case for why Victorian literature and Victorian moral thought are worthy of attention \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers new readings of George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, and Augusta Webster\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is natural to assume that if works of literature are artistically valuable, it's not because of anything they say but because of what they are: beautiful. Works of art try to say nothing, to use their content only as matter for realizing the beauty of complex form. But what if appreciating the things a work of literature has to say is a way of appreciating it as a work of art? Often dismissed as too lengthy, messy, and preachy to qualify as genuine art, in fact Victorian narrative challenges our conceptions about what makes art worth engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Fessenbecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474460607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474460606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Patrick Fessenbecker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983423897855,"sku":"9781474460606","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0be050e0-e9d8-4f64-9eb4-167c7a0cde1e.jpg?v=1683266559","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-ideas-in-victorian-literature-patrick-fessenbecker-9781474460606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}