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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195384512
ISBN-139780195384512
eBay Product ID (ePID)167653859
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnderstanding Love : Philosophy, Film, and Fiction
SubjectGeneral, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2013
TypeTextbook
AuthorChristopher Grau
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Performing Arts
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight25.2 Oz
Item Length6.2 in
Item Width9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-018993
Reviews"Reading these essays in conjunction with viewing or reading the works on which they focus can be instructive, both about how much is in these works and about ways of reading films, novels, and plays more generally... This is a book that can be enjoyed in many ways over time by reading the essays and going to the art works discussed armed with new questions and with new knowledge about the meanings of the art works discussed." --Metapsychology Reviews Online, "Reading these essays in conjunction with viewing or reading the works on which they focus can be instructive, both about how much is in these works and about ways of reading films, novels, and plays more generally... This is a book that can be enjoyed in many ways over time by reading the essays and going to the art works discussed armed with new questions and with new knowledge about the meanings of the art works discussed." --Metapsychology Reviews Online "This book contains seventeen articles by scholars from across the humanities. Each article focuses on some aspect of love, broadly construed. There are essays on romantic love, filial love, love of animals, and even authorial knowledge as love. No two essays deal with the same film or novel. This has the virtue of exposing the reader to a variety of artistic contexts through which puzzles about the nature of love are posed and explored." -- Philosophy in Review, "Reading these essays in conjunction with viewing or reading the works on which they focus can be instructive, both about how much is in these works and about ways of reading films, novels, and plays more generally... This is a book that can be enjoyed in many ways over time by reading the essays and going to the art works discussed armed with new questions and with new knowledge about the meanings of the art works discussed." --Metapsychology Reviews Online "This book contains seventeen articles by scholars from across the humanities. Each article focuses on some aspect of love, broadly construed. There are essays on romantic love, filial love, love of animals, and even authorial knowledge as love. No two essays deal with the same film or novel. This has the virtue of exposing the reader to a variety of artistic contexts through which puzzles about the nature of love are posed and explored." -- Philosophy in Review "Born out of a desire to bring together disparate voices across the humanities, this volume looks at love using a "non-disciplinarian" model of interdisciplinarity...Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE, "Reading these essays in conjunction with viewing or reading the works on which they focus can be instructive, both about how much is in these works and about ways of reading films, novels, and plays more generally... This is a book that can be enjoyed in many ways over time by reading the essays and going to the art works discussed armed with new questions and with new knowledge about the meanings of the art works discussed." --Metapsychology Reviews Online"This book contains seventeen articles by scholars from across the humanities. Each article focuses on some aspect of love, broadly construed. There are essays on romantic love, filial love, love of animals, and even authorial knowledge as love. No two essays deal with the same film or novel. This has the virtue of exposing the reader to a variety of artistic contexts through which puzzles about the nature of love are posed and explored." -- Philosophy inReview"Born out of a desire to bring together disparate voices across the humanities, this volume looks at love using a "non-disciplinarian" model of interdisciplinarity...Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE, "Reading these essays in conjunction with viewing or reading the works on which they focus can be instructive, both about how much is in these works and about ways of reading films, novels, and plays more generally... This is a book that can be enjoyed in many ways over time by reading the essays and going to the art works discussed armed with new questions and with new knowledge about the meanings of the art works discussed." --Metapsychology Reviews Online"This book contains seventeen articles by scholars from across the humanities. Each article focuses on some aspect of love, broadly construed. There are essays on romantic love, filial love, love of animals, and even authorial knowledge as love. No two essays deal with the same film or novel. This has the virtue of exposing the reader to a variety of artistic contexts through which puzzles about the nature of love are posed and explored." -- Philosophy in Review "Born out of a desire to bring together disparate voices across the humanities, this volume looks at love using a "non-disciplinarian" model of interdisciplinarity...Highly Recommended." -- CHOICE
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal791.43/6543
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. "Fording the Great Divide: Grizzly Man and the Possibilities and Limits of Human-Animal Friendship"2. "False Symmetries in Far From Heaven"3. "The Untold Want of Now, Voyager"4. "Communicating Love: Ian McEwan, Saturday, and Personal Affection in the Information Age"5. "Love, Loss, and Identity in Solaris"6. "The Embarrassing Father"7. "Projected Love"8. "Between Desire and Destruction: Reflections on The Go-Between"9. "Something that resembles a kind of love: Fantasy and Realism in Little Eyolf"10. "Rousseau's Julie: Passion, Love, and the Price of Virtue"11. "Sherman's March: Romantic Love in Documentary Films"12. "Hitchcock's Family Romance: Allegory in Shadow of a Doubt"13. "Lessons in Looking: Krzysztof Kieslowski's Short Films on Love"14. "Talking Back to Hollywood Love Stories: 'Marital Realism' Films, 1946-1964"15. "Dipping into Omniscience with Willa Cather: Authorial Knowledge as Love"16. "Love and Bullshit in Santa Rosa: On The Man Who Wasn't There"17. "Loving Attention: Lessons in love from The Philadelphia Story"
SynopsisA unique and interdisciplinary collection in which scholars from Philosophy join those from Film Studies, English, and Comparative Literature to explore the nature and limits of love through in-depth reflection on particular works of literature and film., This collection of original essays, written by scholars from disciplines across the humanities, addresses a wide range of questions about love through a focus on individual films, novels, plays, and works of philosophy. The essays touch on many varieties of love, including friendship, romantic love, parental love, and even the love of an author for her characters. How do social forces shape the types of love that can flourish and sustain themselves? What is the relationship between love and passion? Is love between human and nonhuman animals possible? What is the role of projection in love? These questions and more are explored through an investigation of works by authors ranging from Henrik Ibsen to Ian McEwan, from Rousseau to the Coen Brothers.
LC Classification NumberPN1995.9.L6U53 2014
