Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2009
Published In
The Oxford Handbook Of Philosophy And Literature
Abstract
This introductory article explains the coverage of this book, which is about the relations of complementarity and opposition between philosophy and literature. This book explores the interests for human life of specific genres of literature, considers broad modes of attention that have marked off certain large cultural periods from one another, traces workings of certain central literary devices for achieving attention and evaluates the use of literature as a practice in relation to the practices of inquiry, morality and politics. It also discusses the significance of the works of some philosophers in analyzing literary practice.
Keywords
philosophy, literature, literary genre, attention, literary devices, morality, politics, literary practice
Published By
Oxford University Press
Editor(s)
Richard Thomas Eldridge
Recommended Citation
Richard Thomas Eldridge. (2009). The Oxford Handbook Of Philosophy And Literature. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195182637.003.0001
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-philosophy/38
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