Description
Book SynopsisPhilosophy and Poetry is the 33rd volume in the
Midwest Studies in Philosophy series. It begins with contributions in verse from two world class poets, JohnAshbery and Stephen Dunn, and an article by Dunn on the creative processthat issued in his poem. The volume features new work from an internationalcollection of philosophers exploring central philosophical issues pertinent topoetry as well as the connections between the two domains.
Table of ContentsMy Philosophy of Life John Ashbery 1
The Guardian Angel Stephen Dunn 3
The Poem, its Buried Subject, and the Revisionist Reader: Behind "The Guardian Angel" Stephen Dunn 5
Minds and Poems Keith Gunderson 11
Poetry and Abstract Thought Peter Lamarque 37
Poetry and Truth John Koethe 53
Toward a Philosophy of Poetry Anna Christina Ribeiro 61
Is Concrete Poetry Literature? Louise Hanson 78
Two Varieties of Literary Imagination: Metaphor, Fiction, and Thought Experiments Elisabeth Camp 107
"Like a Picture or a Bump on the Head": Vision, Cognition, and the Language of Poetry Troy Jollimore 131
Rhythm and Meaning in Poetry Patrick Suppes 159
About About: On Poetry and Paraphrase Angela Leighton 167
The Heresy of Paraphrase: When the Medium Really Is the Message Ernie Lepore 177
Aristotle, Shakespeare, and the Problem of Character Emily Grosholz 198
The Maimonidean Parable, the Arabic Poetics, and the Garden of Eden Josef Stern 209
