Facing Poetry
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's Theory of Literature
Author(s)
Berndt, Frauke
Language
EnglishAbstract
What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics.
Keywords
Literary theory; aesthetics; rhetoric; EnlightenmentPublisher
De GruyterPublisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2020Series
PARADIGMS,Classification
Literary theory
Literary studies: general
General studies and General knowledge
Science: general issues