Aesthetics and the theory of criticism : selected essays of Arnold Isenberg /
Arnold Isenberg ; edited by William Callaghan [and others] with an introd. by Mary Mothersill and a biographical sketch by William Callaghan.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1973]
- xxxix, 322 p. port. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Aesthetics: Music and ideas. Formalism. Perception, meaning, and the subject matter of art. The technical factor in art. The aesthetic function of language. The problem of belief. On defining metaphor.--Criticism: Cordelia absent. A poem by Frost and some principles of criticism. Critical communication. "Pretentious" as an aesthetic predicate. Superlatives. Some problems of interpretation.--Ethics and moral psychology: Natural pride and natural shame. Deontology and the ethics of lying. Ethical and aesthetic criticism.--Appendices (p. [283]-316).--A. Analytical philosophy and the study of art.--B. Notebooks and letters.