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Merleau-Ponty has long been known as one of the most important philosophers of aesthetics, yet most discussions of his aesthetics focus on visual art. This book corrects that balance by turning to Merleau-Ponty's extensive engagement with literature.

Table of Contents

Preface | ix
Abbreviations of Works by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Other Writers | xi
Introduction
Galen A. Johnson | 1
Part I: Merleau-Ponty's Poets
1 “The Proustian Corporeity” and “The True Hawthorns”:
Merleau-Ponty as a Reader of Proust between Husserl and Benjamin
Mauro Carbone | 17
2 A Poetics of Co-Naissance:
Via André Breton, Paul Claudel, and Claude Simon
Emmanuel de Saint Aubert | 31
3 From the World of Silence to Poetic Language:
Merleau-Ponty and Valéry
Galen A. Johnson | 68
Part II: Merleau-Ponty's Poetics
4 The Clouded Surface: Literature and Philosophy
as Visual Apparatuses According to Merleau-Ponty
Mauro Carbone | 101
5 Metaphoricity: Carnal Infrastructures and Ontological Horizons
Emmanuel de Saint Aubert | 121
6 On the Poetic and the True
Galen A. Johnson | 159
Acknowledgments | 191
Notes | 193
Index | 241

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 04/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780823287703, 978-0823287703
      ISBN10: 082328770X
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      Phenomenology and Existentialism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Merleau-Ponty has long been known as one of the most important philosophers of aesthetics, yet most discussions of his aesthetics focus on visual art. This book corrects that balance by turning to Merleau-Ponty's extensive engagement with literature.

      Table of Contents

      Preface | ix
      Abbreviations of Works by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Other Writers | xi
      Introduction
      Galen A. Johnson | 1
      Part I: Merleau-Ponty's Poets
      1 “The Proustian Corporeity” and “The True Hawthorns”:
      Merleau-Ponty as a Reader of Proust between Husserl and Benjamin
      Mauro Carbone | 17
      2 A Poetics of Co-Naissance:
      Via André Breton, Paul Claudel, and Claude Simon
      Emmanuel de Saint Aubert | 31
      3 From the World of Silence to Poetic Language:
      Merleau-Ponty and Valéry
      Galen A. Johnson | 68
      Part II: Merleau-Ponty's Poetics
      4 The Clouded Surface: Literature and Philosophy
      as Visual Apparatuses According to Merleau-Ponty
      Mauro Carbone | 101
      5 Metaphoricity: Carnal Infrastructures and Ontological Horizons
      Emmanuel de Saint Aubert | 121
      6 On the Poetic and the True
      Galen A. Johnson | 159
      Acknowledgments | 191
      Notes | 193
      Index | 241

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