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The question of the aesthetic
Levine, George
The question of the aesthetic George Levine - 1st ed. - UK Oxford University Press c2022 - xi, 284 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes index
This book establishes an argument for deeper attention to the aesthetic qualities of literature, to the question of the relation between the aesthetic and more immediate, practical, and urgent social and political matters. It attempts to establish the intrinsic value of the aesthetic at the same time as it demonstrates that focus on the aesthetic does not preclude attention of the urgent questions with which works of art consistently engaged. It argues that attention to the aesthetic does not diminish attention to these larger issues, but in effect increases the power both of art and criticism to engage them fruitfully.
9780192844859
Politics; Aesthetics; PHILOSOPHY
111.85 / LEV
The question of the aesthetic George Levine - 1st ed. - UK Oxford University Press c2022 - xi, 284 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes index
This book establishes an argument for deeper attention to the aesthetic qualities of literature, to the question of the relation between the aesthetic and more immediate, practical, and urgent social and political matters. It attempts to establish the intrinsic value of the aesthetic at the same time as it demonstrates that focus on the aesthetic does not preclude attention of the urgent questions with which works of art consistently engaged. It argues that attention to the aesthetic does not diminish attention to these larger issues, but in effect increases the power both of art and criticism to engage them fruitfully.
9780192844859
Politics; Aesthetics; PHILOSOPHY
111.85 / LEV