Limit search to available items
Record 16 of 388
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
Book
Author Scruton, Roger.

Title Art and imagination : a study in the philosophy of mind / Roger Scruton
Published London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982
©1974
©1974

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  111.85 Scr  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 259 pages : music ; 22cm
Contents pt. I Aesthetic judgement -- The individuality of the aesthetic object -- Aesthetic perception -- Aesthetic description -- Non-descriptive meaning -- pt. II Aesthetic experience -- Recognition and response -- The imagination I -- The imagination II -- Imagination and aesthetic experience -- The aesthetic attitude -- pt. III The experience of art -- The identity of art -- Understanding art -- Representation -- Expression -- Symbolism -- Objectivity and value
Summary Included are one hundred eighty-two tales--many available in English for the first time--grouped into eighteen tale types. The tales are versions collected/edited by: the Grimms, Andrew Lang, Achille Millien, Afanas'ev, Luzel, Gonzenbach, Asbjørnsen, and many others. Zipes provides an engaging general Introduction that discusses the folk and fairy tale tradition, the impact of the Brothers Grimm, and the significance of categorizing tales into various types
Analysis Aesthetics
Notes Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Cambridge, 1972
Includes indexes
Originally published: London : Methuen, 1974. (University paperbacks ; 551)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-253)
Subject Aesthetics.
Experience.
Imagination.
Judgment (Aesthetics)
Philosophy of mind.
LC no. 81017731
ISBN 0710090145
9780710090140