Literature and philosophy have long shared an interest in questions of truth, value, and form. And yet, from ancient times to the present, they have often sharply diverged, both in their approach to these questions and in their relationship to one another. Moreover, the vast differences among individual writers, historical periods, and languages pose challenges for anyone wishing to understand the relationship between them. This Introduction provides a synthetic and original guide to this vast terrain. It uncovers the deep interests that literature and philosophy share while offering a lucid account of their differences. It sheds new light on many standing debates and offers students and scholars of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy a chance to think freshly about questions that have preoccupied the Western tradition from its very beginnings up until the present.
| ISBN: | 9781107010543 |
| Publication date: | 17th February 2014 |
| Author: | Anthony J University of California, Berkeley Cascardi |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 238 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Introductions to Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary theory |
Literature and philosophy have long shared an interest in questions of truth, value, and form. And yet, from ancient times to the present, they have often sharply diverged, both in their approach to these questions and in their relationship to one another. Moreover, the vast differences among individual writers, historical periods, and languages pose challenges for anyone wishing to understand the relationship between them. This Introduction provides a synthetic and original guide to this vast terrain. It uncovers the deep interests that literature and philosophy share while offering a lucid account of their differences. It sheds new light on many standing debates and offers students and scholars of literary criticism, literary theory, and philosophy a chance to think freshly about questions that have preoccupied the Western tradition from its very beginnings up until the present.
The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy features in the following genres: Literary theory
The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy was written by Anthony J University of California, Berkeley Cascardi and published by Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy has 238 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Introductions to Literature series
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