The Literary Work of Art: An Investigation of the Borderlines of Ontology, Logic, and Theory of Language

by Roman Ingarden

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This long-awaited translation of Das literarische Kunstwerk makes available for the first time in English Roman Ingarden's influential study. Though it is inter-disciplinary in scope, situated as it is on the borderlines of ontology and logic, philosophy of literature and theory of language, Ingarden's work has a deliberately narrow focus: the literary work, its structure and mode of existence. The Literary Work of Art establishes the groundwork for a philosophy of literature, i.e., show more an ontology in terms of which the basic general structure of all literary works can be determined. This "essential anatomy" makes basic tools and concepts available for rigorous and subtle aesthetic analysis.  show less

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The Literary Work of Art: An Investigation of the Borderlines of Ontology, Logic, and Theory of Language
Original title
Das literarische Kunstwerk : eine Untersuchung aus dem Grenzgebiet der Ontologie, Logik und Literaturwissenschaft
Original publication date
1931

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Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
801Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismPhilosophy and theory
LCC
PN45 .I513Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Theory. Philosophy. Esthetics
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