Essays in Literary Aesthetics

• Main Author: Ghosh, Ranjan K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Aesthetics.; Literature-Philosophy.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Literary Theory.; Cultural Theory.

The book deals with philosophical issues concerning the understanding of the literary text and its distinctive nature, meaning, and relevance to life. It also provides an occasion to revisit many of the seminal ideas towards these ends by contextualizing them in the current ongoing philosophical dis...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Providing the Context
• Chapter 2. The Literary Text: Meaning and Intention
• Chapter 3. Emotions in Art
• Chapter 4. Literature and Life
• Chapter 5. Metaphor and Meaning
• Chapter 6. The Literary Narrative and Moral Values.