Imitation and society : the persistence of mimesis in the aesthetics of Burke, Hogarth, and Kant /

"This book reconsiders the fate of the doctrine of mimesis in the eighteenth century. Standard accounts of the aesthetic theories of this era hold that the idea of mimesis was supplanted by the far more robust and compelling doctrines of taste and aesthetic judgment. Since the idea of mimesis w...

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Main Author: Huhn, Tom
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004.
Series:Literature and philosophy.
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Online Access:CONNECT