Facing Poetry. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature
Berndt, Frauke
Facing Poetry. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature - De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (230 p.)
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What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics.
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English
9783110624519 9783110624519
10.1515/9783110624519 doi
Enlightenment Literary theory aesthetics rhetoric
Facing Poetry. Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature - De Gruyter 2020 - 1 electronic resource (230 p.)
Open Access
What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics.
Creative Commons
English
9783110624519 9783110624519
10.1515/9783110624519 doi
Enlightenment Literary theory aesthetics rhetoric