The British aesthetic tradition : from Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein / Timothy M. Costelloe.

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Costelloe, Timothy M

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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (x, 350 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781139624565
1139624563
9781139023399
113902339X
9781139615266
1139615262
9781139611541
1139611542
1107233097
9781107233096
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9781139609685
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9781139620840
1107253454
9781107253452

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: British aesthetic tradition.DDC classification:

111/.850941 23

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BH221.G7 C67 2013eb

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Contents:

Introduction: a brief history of 'aesthetics' -- Part I. The age of taste. 1. Internal sense theorists ; 2. Imagination theorists ; 3. Associationist theorists -- Part II. The age of Romanticism. 4. The picturesque ; 5. Wordsworth and the early Romantics ; 6. Victorian criticism -- Part III. The age of analysis. 7. Theories of expression ; 8. Wittgenstein and afterwards.

Summary: "This is the first single volume to offer a comprehensive and systematic account of British and American aesthetics from the early eighteenth century to the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisherSummary: "The British Aesthetic Tradition: From Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein is the first single volume to offer readers a comprehensive and systematic history of aesthetics in Britain and the United States from its inception in the early eighteenth century to major developments in the late twentieth century. The book consists of an introduction and eight chapters, and is divided into three parts. The first part, The Age of Taste, covers the eighteenth-century approaches of internal sense theorists, imagination theorists, and associationists. The second, The Age of Romanticism, takes readers from debates over the picturesque through British Romanticism to late Victorian criticism. The third, The Age of Analysis, covers early twentieth-century theories of Formalism and Expressionism to conclude with Wittgenstein and a number of views inspired by his thought"-- Provided by publisher

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"This is the first single volume to offer a comprehensive and systematic account of British and American aesthetics from the early eighteenth century to the late twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher

"The British Aesthetic Tradition: From Shaftesbury to Wittgenstein is the first single volume to offer readers a comprehensive and systematic history of aesthetics in Britain and the United States from its inception in the early eighteenth century to major developments in the late twentieth century. The book consists of an introduction and eight chapters, and is divided into three parts. The first part, The Age of Taste, covers the eighteenth-century approaches of internal sense theorists, imagination theorists, and associationists. The second, The Age of Romanticism, takes readers from debates over the picturesque through British Romanticism to late Victorian criticism. The third, The Age of Analysis, covers early twentieth-century theories of Formalism and Expressionism to conclude with Wittgenstein and a number of views inspired by his thought"-- Provided by publisher