Literature, like the visual arts, poses its own philosophical problems. While literary theorists have discussed the nature of literature intensively...
Bringing some of the insights of modern critical theory to bear on a great deal of information about Pound's activities as a literary critic (some of...
Most music we hear comes to us via a recording medium on which sound has been stored. Such remoteness of music heard from music made has become so...
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It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the...
Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts is the first comprehensive collection of papers by philosophers examining the nature of imagination and its role...
Almost all of us would agree that the experience of art is deeply rewarding. Why this is the case remains a puzzle; nor does it explain why many of...
In this provocative new examination of the philosophical, moral and religious significance of literature, Michael Weston explores the role of...
Art and Morality is a collection of groundbreaking new papers on the theme of aesthetics and ethics, and the link between the two subjects. A group of...
Art In Its Time takes a close look at the way in which art has become integral to the everyday 'ordinary' life of modern society. It explores the...