Aesthetics, Theory and Interpretation of the Literary Work (Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education, 133)

"This book introduces the reader to the literary work and to an understanding of its cultural background and its specific features, presenting basic topics and ideas in their historical context and development in Western culture."-- Provided by publisher Dedication Contents Introduction 1 Art, Beauty and Imitation in Plato’s Philosophy 2 Art and Imitation in Aristotle 3 Horace, Pseudo-Longinus and the Aesthetics of Literature in Hellenism 4 Plotinus, Neo-Platonic and Christian Conception of Beauty 5 The Middle Ages and Dante Alighieri 6 Humanism and the New Idea of Human Beings 7 Italian Neo-Platonism and Marsilio Ficino 8 The New Idea of the Human Being and Artist: The Renaissance 9 The Baroque: History and Poetry in Giambattista Vico 10 Baumgarten: Aesthetics and Sensitivity 11 Kant and the Origin of Modern Aesthetics 12 The Heritage of Kantian Philosophy in Romanticism 13 Moritz: Beyond the Concept of Imitation 14 Theory of Poetry of Early German Romanticism 15 Hegel: Art as a Form of the Absolute Spirit 16 Schopenhauer: Art as Disinterestedness and Knowledge of Reality 17 Nietzsche: Knowledge and Art 18 Symbolism and Aestheticism 19 Benedetto Croce: Art and Intuition 20 Linguistics and Criticism 21 Antonio Gramsci: The Role of Intellectuals in Culture 22 Structuralism 23 Martin Heidegger: The Work of Art and Truth 24 Hans-Georg Gadamer: Poetry and Interpretation 25 Critical Theory: A New Attitude towards Art and Society 26 Perspectives of Post-Structuralism 27 The Practice of Deconstruction 28 Contemporary Schools and Traditions in Literary and Critical Theory 29 Postmodern and the New Character of the Literary Work References Index