This volume 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, Periods, Devices and Powers, and Contexts and Uses.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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
