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Merleau-Ponty's Poetic of the World : Philosophy and Literature /

Merleau-Ponty has long been known as one of the most important philosophers of aesthetics, yet most discussions of his aesthetics focus on visual art. This book corrects that balance by turning to Merleau-Ponty's extensive engagement with literature. From Proust, Merleau-Ponty developed his con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Johnson, Galen A., 1948- (Autor), Saint-Aubert, Emmanuel de (Autor), Carbone, Mauro, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Perspectives in continental philosophy
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Merleau-Ponty has long been known as one of the most important philosophers of aesthetics, yet most discussions of his aesthetics focus on visual art. This book corrects that balance by turning to Merleau-Ponty's extensive engagement with literature. From Proust, Merleau-Ponty developed his conception of "sensible ideas," from Claudel, his conjoining of birth and knowledge as "co-naissance," from Valery came "implex" or the "animal of words" and the "chiasma of two destinies." Literature also provokes the questions of expression, metaphor, and truth and the meaning of a Merleau-Pontian poetics. The poetic of Merleau-Ponty is, the book argues, a poetic of the flesh, a poetic of mystery, and a poetic of the visible in its relation to the invisible. Ultimately, theoretical figures or "figuratives" that appear at the threshold between philosophy and literature enable the possibility of a new ontology. What is at stake is the very meaning of philosophy itself and its mode of expression.
Notas:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780823288151
Acceso:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.