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Science and Aesthetic Judgement: A Study in Taine's Critical Method book cover

1st Edition

Science and Aesthetic Judgement A Study in Taine's Critical Method

By Sholom J. Kahn Copyright 1953
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1953. This title provides an exposition and discussion on Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), the leader of the Naturalist movement in French criticism. The book examines his theories and some of his practice, as a critic of literature and art. A more general consideration of the chief issues raised by his central problem is also given, namely the attempt to approach the analysis and... Read more

Foreword;  Preface;  Part One: The Problem in Taine;  1 Science versus Criticism?  2. Formation of a Method (1828-1852);  Part Two: Analysis and Criticism;  3. Analysis and Synthesis  4. Critique of Abstraction  5. History and Psychology  6. Nature and Conditions of Art  7. Biological Conditions: Race and Geography  8. Cultural Factors: Environment and Time  9. The Psychological Core: Master Faculty  10. Problems of Analysis and Criticism;  Part Three: Science and Aesthetic Judgement;  11. Problems of Type Analysis  12. From Analysis to Judgment  13. Critique of Aesthetic Judgement;  Epilogue;  14. Our Heritage from Taine;  Appendices;  Bibliography

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