
Fictional Realities
The uses of literary imagination
J.J.A. Mooij(Author)
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Published on 15. July 1993
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-90-272-2218-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a study of the role of the imagination. It focuses on the imaginative use of language in literature (poetry and narrative prose); but it also touches on some more comprehensive issues, for the questions it discusses are questions regarding the relationship between mind, reality and unreality. The first two chapters survey the thinking about the imagination in the history of philosophy. The main trends and the main problems are discussed, particularly in respect of the (positive or negative) evaluation of imagination. The subsequent chapters investigate the role of the imagination from a closer point of view. How is it that imagination appears in literary art? Central topics of discussion are the nature of narrativity, of fictional discourse and fictional objects, of realistic fiction, of symbolism and metaphor. Moreover, the similarities (both real and imagined) between literature and the other arts are explored. In all chapters attention is paid to the problem of the value of art and literary imagination. The last chapter addresses this issue head-on. In particular, it attempts to define the value of literature in relation to science.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2218-3 (9789027222183)
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. Philosophers on the Imagination: from Plato to Hegel; 4. Romantic Themes and Later Developments; 5. Imaginative Reporting: The Minimal Conditions of a Story; 6. Fictional Discourse and the Theory of Speech Acts; 7. Fictional Objects; 8. Realism in Fiction; 9. Symbolism and realism; 10. Metaphor, Truth and Poetry; 11. Literature in the Mirror of Her Sister Arts; 12. On the Value of Literature in Relation to Science; 13. Epilogue; 14. Bibliography; 15. Index