The Aesthetic Experience of the Literary Artwork: A Matter of Form and Content?

Ever since the introduction of aesthetics in philosophy, the literary arts have posed a challenge to common notions of aesthetic experience. In this paper, I will focus on the problems that arise when a formalist approach to aesthetics is confronted with literature. My main target is Peter Kivy&#...

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Published in:	Aesthetic Investigations
Main Author:	Leen Verheyen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica (Dutch Association of Aesthetics) 2015-07-01
Subjects:	aesthetic experience literature formalism Kivy
Online Access:	https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/12003

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