Verbal art : a philosophy of literature and literary experience /

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Pettersson demonstrates the implications and applications of the theory through a series of detailed studies of literary works, taking care to show that his theory is compatible with a broad variety of perspectives. Combining an intimate knowledge of modern literary theory and the aesthetics of lite...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pettersson, Anders, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Literature > Philosophy.
Littérature > Philosophie.
literary theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Philosophie
Literaturtheorie
Literatur
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Psychological Considerations
  • Literature's Relevance to the Reader
  • Presentational Communication
  • Meaning and Text
  • Conveyed Thoughts in Literature
  • The Reader's Thematization and Application
  • Literature and Feelings
  • A Poem: Gunnar Ekelöf's "But Somewhere Else"
  • Form in Literature
  • Traditional Ideas about Literary Form
  • Concluding Remarks: On the Nature of Literature's Autonomy
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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