Facing Poetry : Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature
Title:
Facing Poetry : Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature
Author:
Berndt, Frauke
ISBN:
9783110624519
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Physical Description:
1 electronic resource (238 p.)
Abstract:
What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics.