Philosophy of Literature Contemporary and Classic Readings: An Anthology

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 Classic sources ........1 Introduction ............1 1 Republic ........3 2 Poetics ................5 3 Of tragedy ...........15 4 The birth of tradedy ......25 5 Creative writers and day- dreaming .........36 Part II Definition of literature ....... Introduction .....41 6. Spazio ........43 7 What isn`t literature? ..........46 8 The concept of literature .........51 9 Literary practice ........59 10 What is literature ? .............65 Part III Ontology of literature ............73 Introduction ............75 11 Pierre Menard, Author of the quixote ...........77 12 Literary works as types ..........82 13. Literature ...........88 14 Interpretation and identity :Can the work survive the world ............93 15 work and text ...........98 Part IV Fiction ............107 Introduction ............109 16 Doonesbury .........111 17 The logical status of fictional discourse .........112 18 Truth in fiction ..........119 19 What is fiction ............128 20 Fiction and nonfiction ...........136 21 Fictional characters as abract artifacts ...........144 22 Logic and criticism ..........154 Part V Emotion .............163 introduction .........165 23 Applicant ........167 24 How can we be moved by the fate of anna karenina? ............170 25 Fearing fictionally ........177 26 The pleasure of tragedy .............185 27 Tragedy and the community of sectiment .............194 Part VI Metaphor ..........205 Introduction .........207 28 Essay on what I think about most .............209 29 Metaphor ............212 30 What metaphors mean ............220 31 Metaphor, feeling and narrative .........231 32. Metaphor and prop oriented make- believe .........239 Part VII Interpretation ..........249 Introduction .............251 33 Who is responsible in ethical criticism and for what? ........ 253 34 Criticism as retrieval ..........255 35 The postulated Author: Critical monism as a requlative ideal ............262 36. Art interpretation ...........273 37 Art, intention, and conversation ............280 38 Intention and interpretation ............291 39 Style and personality in the liberary work ........301 Part VIII Literary values ..............311 Introduction ...........313 40 Xingu .......315 41 On the cognitive triviality of art ...........317 42 Literature and knowledge .............324 43 Finely aware and richly responsible ............329 44 Literature truth and philosophy .............341 45 The ethical critism of art .............355