Art and Emotion

by Derek Matravers

Book Overview

Emotions very often form a bridge between our experience of art and of life. We frequently find that a particular poem, painting, or piece of music carries an emotional charge; we may even experience emotions towards, or on behalf of, a fictional character. These experiences are philosophically puzzling, for their causes seem quite different from the causes of emotion in the rest of our lives. Here, Derek Matravers shows that what these experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199243166
• ISBN13: 9780199243167
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"