Fiction and the weave of life /

Literature is a source of understanding and insight into the human condition. Yet ever since Aristotle, philosophers have struggled to provide a plausible account of how this can be the case. For surely the fictionality - the sheer invented character - of the literary work means that literature conc...

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Gibson, John
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Literature is a source of understanding and insight into the human condition. Yet ever since Aristotle, philosophers have struggled to provide a plausible account of how this can be the case. For surely the fictionality - the sheer invented character - of the literary work means that literature concerns itself not with the real world but with other worlds - what are commonly called fictional worlds. How is it, then, that fictions can tell us something of consequence aboutreality? In Fiction and the Weave of Life, John Gibson offers a novel and intriguing account of the relationship between lit
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1 online resource (201 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-964257-5
1-281-15535-7
9786611155353
0-19-153848-5
Schlagworte:
Fiction > History and criticism.
Reality in literature.
Life in literature.
Human beings in literature.
Literature > Psychology.
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