The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature

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Richard Eldridge (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College)

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature

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Richard Eldridge (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College)

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Oxford University Press Inc
15 December 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics

Series: Oxford Handbooks

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature contains twenty-three newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature as a form of attention to human life. Various forms of attention are considered under the headings of Genres (from Ancient Epic to the Novel and Contemporary Experimental Writing), Periods (from Realism and Romanticism to Postcolonialism), Devices and Powers (Imagination, Plot, Character, Style, and Emotion), and Contexts and Uses (in relation to inquiry, morality, and politics). In each case, the effort is to track and evaluate how specific modes and works of imaginative literature answer to important needs of human subjects for orientation, the articulation of interest in life, and the working through of emotion, within situations that are both sociohistorical and human. Hence these essays show how and why literature matters in manifold ways in and for human cultural life, and they show how philosophers and imaginative literary writers have continually both engaged with and criticized each other.

Edited by: Richard Eldridge (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy Swarthmore College)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 168mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 862g
ISBN: 9780199965496
ISBN 10: 0199965498
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 15 December 2012
Audience: Adult education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contributors Introduction--Philosophy and Literature as Forms of Attention Richard Eldridge Part I. Genres 1. Epic Gregory Nagy 2. Lyric Susan Stewart 3. Tragedy J. M. Bernstein 4. Comedy Timothy Gould 5. Pastoral Mark Payne 6. Satire R. Bracht Branham 7. The Novel Anthony J. Cascardi 8. Autobiography and Biography Stephen Mulhall 9. Experimental Writing R. M. Berry Part II. Periods and Modes 10. Realism Bernard Harrison 11. Romanticism Nikolas Kompridis 12. Idealism Toril Moi 13. Modernism Philip Weinstein 14. Postcolonialism Simona Bertacco Part III. Devices and Powers 15. Imagination Kirk Pillow 16. Plot Alan Singer 17. Character Stanley Bates 18. Style Charles Altieri 19. Emotion, Memory, and Trauma Glenn W. Most Part IV. Contexts and Uses 20. Literature and Knowledge John Gibson 21. Literature and Morality: Ted Cohen 22. Literature and Politics Fred Rush Index

<br>Richard Eldridge is Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College.<br>