The object of art : the theory of illusion in eighteenth-century France / Marian Hobson
1982, First Edition. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #403996
ISBN: 0521243505
Series; Cambridge Studies in French. Physical description; 397 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-385). Contents; Machine derived contents note: General editor's preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Illusion and Art: from the Truth of Imitation to the Imitation of Truth; Part II. Illusion and Form in the Novel; Part III. Illusion and the Theatre; Part IV. Illusion and Theories of Poetry: from Fictions to Forgeries; Part V. Illusion as subjectivity: Theories of Music; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Subjects; Diderot, Denis 1713-1784 Aesthetics. Aesthetics, French 18th century. Aesthetics, French. Art criticism France History 18th century. Mimesis in art. Mimesis in literature.
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