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Mimesis as Make-Believe - addresses wide range of Arts, Literature, Theater,Film

Description: SynopsisRepresentations in visual arts and fiction play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents here a theory of the nature of representation, which illuminates its many varieties and goes a long way toward explaining its importance. Walton's theory also provides solutions to thorny philosophical problems concerning the existence of fictitious beings. Throughout, his analysis is illustrated by a rich array of examples drawn from literature, painting, sculpture, theatre, and film.,Representations--in visual arts and in fiction--play an important part in our lives and culture. Kendall Walton presents here a theory of the nature of representation, which illuminates its many varieties and goes a long way toward explaining its importance. Drawing analogies to children's make believe activities, Walton constructs a theory that addresses a broad range of issues: the distinction between fiction and nonfiction, how depiction differs from description, the notion of points of view in the arts, and what it means for one work to be more "realistic" than another. He explores the relation between appreciation and criticism, the character of emotional reactions to literary and visual representations, and what it means to be caught up emotionally in imaginary events. Walton's theory also provides solutions to the thorny philosophical problems of the existence--or ontological standing--of fictitious beings, and the meaning of statements referring to them. And it leads to striking insights concerning imagination, dreams, nonliteral uses of language, and the status of legends and myths. Throughout Walton applies his theoretical perspective to particular cases; his analysis is illustrated by a rich array of examples drawn from literature, painting, sculpture, theater, and film. "Mimesis as Make-Believe" is important reading for everyone interested in the workings of representational art.,painting, sculpture, theater, and film. "Mimesis as Make-Believe" is important reading for everyone interested in the workings of representational art.

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Mimesis as Make-Believe - addresses wide range of Arts, Literature, Theater,Film

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Subject: Philosophy

Topic: The Arts: Literature, painting, film, etc

Educational Level: College

Item Length: 9.3in

Item Height: 1.1in

Item Width: 7.5in

Author: Kendall L. Walton

Publication Name: Mimesis As Make-Believe : ON the Foundations of the Representational Arts

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Year: 1993

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 30.5 Oz

Number of Pages: 466 Pages

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