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Informationen zum Autor Peter Lamarque is Professor of Philosophy at the University of York and Editor of the British Journal of Aesthetics. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and the Colombian journal Cuadernos de música! artes visuales y artes escénicas. He edited the Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language (1997) and (with Stein Haugom Olsen) Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art: The Analytic Tradition: An Anthology (Blackwell! 2003). Klappentext A comprehensive study by one of its leading exponents of central issues in the philosophy of literature, including the idea of literature as art, the nature and ontology of literary works, the status of the author, the modes and assessment of literary interpretation, the nature of fiction and fictional characters, the role of truth and knowledge in the appreciation of literature, and the basis for literary evaluation. Throughout the book philosophical discussion is illustrated with examples from poems, novels and drama of all periods. The book not only presents and analyses a range of views on these and other topics but also develops its own distinctive point of view. What emerges is a definitive and authoritative characterisation of a relatively new but increasingly influential branch of aesthetics. Zusammenfassung By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents...Preface.Acknowledgments.1 Art.2 Literature.3 Authors.4 Practice.5 Fiction.6 Truth.7 Value..Bibliography of works cited
