The Routledge companion to philosophy of literature / edited by Nöel Carroll and John Gibson.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Routledge, 2016.
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xxiii, 495 pages ; 26 cm.

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    Summary note
    An in-depth examination of literature through a philosophical lens, written by distinguished figures across the major divisions of philosophy.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Part I : Historical foundations
    • Ancient beginnings / Stephen Halliwell
    • Philosophy of literature in the eighteenth century / Paul Guyer
    • Philosophy of literature in the nineteenth century / Allen Speight
    • Twentieth-century European philosophy of literature / Kristin Gjesdal
    • Analytic philosophy of literature / Kristin Boyce
    • Part II : What is literature?
    • The idea of literature / M. W. Rowe
    • The novel / Robert Chodat
    • Poetry / Anna Christina Soy Ribeiro
    • Reading plays as literature / Susan L. Feagin
    • Popular fiction / Aaron Meskin
    • Screenplays / Ted Nannicelli
    • Evolutionary approaches to literature / Stephen Davies
    • Canon and tradition / Stein Haugom Olsen
    • Part III : Aesthetics and appreciation
    • Creativity / Matthew Kieran
    • Authorship / Paisley Livingston
    • Expression / Peter Lamarque
    • Literary style / Wolfgang Huemer
    • Theme / Eileen John
    • Character / Garry L. Hagberg
    • Empathy / John Gibson
    • The paradox of fiction / Damien Freeman
    • Fiction and negative emotions / E. M. Dadlez
    • Neuroscience and literature / William P. Seeley
    • Part IV : Meaning and interpretation
    • Narrative / Nöel Carroll
    • Narrative understanding / Daniel D. Hutto
    • Interpretation / Nöel Carroll
    • Criticism / Stephanie Ross
    • The poetic imagination / Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone
    • Metaphors in literature / Elisabeth Camp
    • Part V : Metaphysics and epistemology
    • The ontology of literary works / Amie L. Thomasson
    • Fiction / Nöel Carroll
    • Fictional truth and truth through fiction / David Davies
    • Literary cognitivism / James Harold
    • Imagination / Jonathan Gilmore
    • The problem of imaginative resistance / Tamar Szabó Gendler and Shen-Yi Liao
    • Literature and "theory of mind" / Gregory Currie
    • Part VI : Ethics and political theory
    • Literature and morality / A. W. Eaton
    • Literature and Marxism / Espen Hammer
    • Literature and race / Paul C. Taylor
    • Literature and gender / Mary Bittner Wiseman.
    ISBN
    • 9780415889728 ((hbk.))
    • 0415889723 ((hbk.))
    • 9780367360399 ((pbk.))
    • 036736039X ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2015020163
    OCLC
    914256743
    Other standard number
    • 40025659993
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