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The Particulars of Rapture : an Aesthetics of the Affects by Charles Altieri is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This Brilliant, Penetrating, And Ambitious Book By A Well-known Literary Theorist Studies The Complex Relationship Between The Emotions On The One Side And Literary Works And Paintings On The Other. A Central Aim Of Charles Altieri's Is To Rescue Our Understanding Of The Affects From Philosophical Theories That Subordinate Them To Cognitive Control And Ethical Judgment. Altieri Concentrates On Two Fundamental Aspects Of Aesthetic Experience: The First Describes How Representative Texts And Paintings Compose Intricate Affective States; The Second Engages How We Might Generalize From The Values Involved In The Affects Made Articulate By Works Of Art. He Addresses A Range Of Affective States, Distinguishing Carefully Among Sensations, Feelings, Moods, Emotions, And Passions. He Shows How Art Solicits, Organizes, And Reflects Upon Affective Energies And How Many Of The Qualities Of The Affects Developed Within Artworks Simply Disappear When Observers Are Content With Adjectival Labels Such As Sad, Angry, Or, Happy. The Particulars Of Rapture Proposes Treating Affects In Adverbial Rather Than In Adjectival Terms, Emphasizing The Way In Which Text And Paintings Shape Distinct Affective S
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- Author
- Charles Altieri
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801441547
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, History