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Literature and moral understanding : a philosophical essay on ethics, aesthetics, education, and culture /

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How can we be morally concerned with fiction? What does our experience of literature contribute to our capacity for moral understanding? This study of the relation of art to morality presents a defence of the humane value of art and explores the moral dimension of culture.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Palmer, Frank, 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1992.
Subjects:
Literature > Philosophy.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Literature and morals.
Littérature > Philosophie.
Littérature > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et morale.
literary theory.
Literature and morals
Literature, Modern
Literature > Philosophy
Letterkunde.
Ethische aspecten.
Literaire esthetiek.
1900-1999
Literature > Related to > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:How can we be morally concerned with fiction? What does our experience of literature contribute to our capacity for moral understanding? This study of the relation of art to morality presents a defence of the humane value of art and explores the moral dimension of culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 259 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
ISBN:9780191680441
0191680443
9786610809721
6610809720
1280809728
9781280809729