TY - BOOK AU - Isenberg,Arnold AU - Mothersill, Mary. TI - Aesthetics and the theory of criticism: selected essays of Arnold Isenberg SN - 0226385116 AV - BH39 .I83 U1 - 111.8/5 PY - 1973///] CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Isenberg, Arnold. KW - Aesthetics KW - Criticism N1 - 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 ER -