Seeking the Beautiful: A Study in Literary Aesthetics

by E.L. Risden

Seeking the Beautiful: A Study in Literary Aesthetics comprises essays both theoretical and applied, with a focus on English medieval and Renaissance texts. While the term aesthetics may imply simply sensory perception or expression, this volume considers what makes literary texts beautiful. While of course any such study must involve subjective judgment, one can still describe subjective experience and share it with others with the goal of expanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680530453
• ISBN13: 9781680530452
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Academica Press
• Length: 264 Pages