Kendall Walton: 2 books
Marvelous Images
On Values and the Arts
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2008
The twelve essays by Kendall Walton in this volume address a broad range of theoretical issues concerning the arts. Many of them apply to the arts generally-to literature, theater, film, music, and the visual arts-but several focus primarily on pictorial representation or photography. In "'How Marvelous!':...
In Other Shoes
Music, Metaphor, Empathy, Existence
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
In fifteen essays-one new, two newly revised and expanded, three with new postscripts-Kendall L. Walton wrestles with philosophical issues concerning music, metaphor, empathy, existence, fiction, and expressiveness in the arts. These subjects are intertwined in striking and surprising ways. By exploring...