Beyond Aesthetics: Philosophical Essays

Beyond Aesthetics brings together philosophical essays addressing art and related issues by one of the foremost philosophers of art at work today. Countering conventional aesthetic theories--those maintaining that authorial intention, art history, morality and emotional responses are irrelevant to the experience of art--Noël Carroll argues for a more pluralistic and commonsensical view in which all of these factors can play a legitimate role in our encounter with art works. The book explores works of high culture and the avant-garde, as well as works of popular culture, jokes, horror novels, and suspense films.

Author: Noel Carroll,Nel Carroll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/30/2001
Pages: 468
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780521781343

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