Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective

by Stein Haugom Olsen and Peter Lamarque

This book examines the complex and varied ways in which fictions relate to the real world, and offers a precise account of how imaginative works of literature can use fictional content to explore matters of universal human interest. While rejecting the traditional view that literature is important for the truths that it imparts, the authors also reject attempts to cut literature off altogether from real human concerns. Their detailed account of fictionality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198236816
• ISBN13: 9780198236818
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"