Pleasure and the Arts
by Butler
Title:
Pleasure and the Arts
Author:
Butler
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
256 pages, 8pp colour plates; numerous halftones
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13:
9780199288724
EAN:
9780199288724
Publication Date:
27/10/2005
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
544
Dimensions (mm):
233 x 157 x 15
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£56.72
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Description
How do the arts give us pleasure? This book seeks to answer this question and more. Covering a range of artistic works, it offers us an explanation of our enjoyable emotional engagements with literature, music, and painting. It presents an explanation of the enduring interest of artistic expression.
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