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Title The Oxford handbook of aesthetics / edited by Jerrold Levinson
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 821 pages)
Series Oxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks.
Contents Part I. Background -- Philosophical aesthetics : an overview / Jerrold Levinson -- History of modern aesthetics / Paul Guyer
Part II. General Issues in Aesthetics -- Aesthetic realism 1 / Nick Zangwill -- Aesthetic realism 2 / John W. Bender -- Aesthetic experience / Gary Iseminger -- Aesthetics of nature / Malcolm Budd -- Definition of art / Robert Stecker -- Ontology of art / Stephen Davies -- Medium in art / David Davies -- Representation in art / Alan H. Goldman -- Expression in art / Aaron Ridley -- Style in art / Stephanie Ross -- Creativity in art / Philip Alperson -- Authenticity in art / Denis Dutton -- Intention in art / Paisley Livingston -- Interpretation in art / Gregory Currie -- Value in art / Robert Stecker -- Beauty / Nick Zangwill -- Humour / Noël Carroll -- Metaphor / Ted Cohen -- Fiction / Peter Lamarque -- Narrative / George M. Wilson -- Tragedy / Aaron Ridley -- Art and emotion / Alex Neill -- Art and knowledge / Berys Gaut -- Art and morality / Matthew Kieran -- Art and politics / Lydia Goehr
Part III. Aesthetic Issues of Specific Artforms -- Music / Stephen Davies -- Painting / Susan Feagin -- Literature / Paisley Livingston -- Architecture / Gordon Graham -- Sculpture / Robert Hopkins -- Dance / Noël Carroll -- Theatre / Paul Woodruff -- Poetry / Alex Neill -- Photography / Nigel Warburton -- Film / Berys Gaut
Part IV. Further Directions in Aesthetics -- Feminist aesthetics / Mary Devereaux -- Environmental aesthetics / John A. Fisher -- Comparative aesthetics / Kathleen Higgins -- Aesthetics and evolutionary psychology / Denis Dutton -- Aesthetics and cognitive science / Gregory Currie -- Aesthetics and ethics / Richard Eldridge -- Aesthetics of popular art / David Novitz -- Aesthetics of the avant-garde / Gregg Horowitz -- Aesthetics of the everyday / Crispin Sartwell -- Aesthetics and postmodernism / Richard Shusterman -- Aesthetics and cultural studies / Deborah Knight
Summary Jerrold Levinson has assembled a range of talent to contribute 48 essays, to produce a comprehensive guide to the theory, application, history and future of the field of aesthetics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aesthetics.
Aesthetics
Esthetica.
Genre/Form Handboeken (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Levinson, Jerrold.
ISBN 9780191577239
0191577235
9780199279456
0199279454
Other Titles Handbook of aesthetics