Aesthetics and the theory of criticism : selected essays of Arnold Isenberg

Author(s)

• Isenberg, Arnold

Bibliographic Information

Aesthetics and the theory of criticism : selected essays of Arnold Isenberg

edited by William Callaghan ... [et al.] ; with an introduction by Mary Mothersill ; and a biographical sketch by William Callaghan

University of Chicago Press, 1988, c1973

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Aesthetics: Music and ideas. Formalism. Perception, meaning, and the subject matter of art. The technical factor in art. The aesthetic function of language. The problem of belief. On defining metaphor
• Criticism: Cordelia absent. A poem by Frost and some principles of criticism. Critical communication. "Pretentious" as an aesthetic predicate. Superlatives. Some problems of interpretation
• Ethics and moral psychology: Natural pride and natural shame. Deontology and the ethics of lying. Ethical and aesthetic criticsm
• Appendices (p. [283]-316)
• A. Analytical philosophy and the study of art
• B. Notebooks and letters

Details

• NCID: BA04957558
• ISBN:
  • 0226385124
• LCCN: 73077133
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago
• Pages/Volumes: xxxix, 322 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BH39
  • DC : 111.8/5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Aesthetics -- Collected works
  • LCSH : Criticism -- Collected works
  • LCSH : Isenberg, Arnold