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The chapter discusses different meanings of the terms "form" and "formalism" in aesthetic and literary theory. Specifically, "formalism" can refer to a theory about either what artworks accomplish or what they should achieve. The concept of formalism in aesthetics dates back to the Russian Formalists in the early 20th century. The author begins their definitional argument by referring to Kant

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Nancy Al-Assaf, PhD

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