Edited (with Eliseo Vivas.) The Problems of
Aesthetics:
A Book of
Readings. New York: Rinehart,
1953.
Contents:
- Preface:vi-vii.
Section One: The Discipline of Aesthetics
- The Editors: "The Nature, the Teaching, and the Problems
of
Aesthetics":1-19.
- Louis Arnauld Reid: "Artists, Critics, and
Philosophers":19-30.
- Douglas N. Morgan: "Psychology and Art Today: A Summary
and
Critique":30-47.
Section Two: The Editors' Preface: "The Nature of
Art":48-50.
- Jacques Maritain: "A Definition of Art":51-69.
- Benedetto Croce: "Art as Intuition":69-90.
- DeWitt H. Parker: "The Nature of Art":90-105.
- Charles W. Morris: "Science, Art and
Technology":105-115.
Section Three: The Editors' Preface: "The Creative
Act":116-118.
- Henry James: "The 'Germ' of a Story:118-123.
- T.E. Hulme: "Bergson's Theory of Art":125-138.
- S. Alexander: "The Creative Process in the Artist's
Mind":139-153.
- Sigmund Freud: "The Relation of the Poet to
Day-Dreaming":153-160.
- Sigmund Freud: "Neurotic and Artist":161-162.
- Carl G. Jung: "On the Relation of Analytical Psychology
to Poetic
Art":162-179.
Section Four: The Editors' Preface: "The Aesthetic
Object":180-182.
Generic Traits
- D.W. Prall: "The Elements of Aesthetic Surface in
General":182-193.
- D.W. Gotshalk: "Form":194-208.
- Clive Bell: "The Aesthetic Hypothesis":208-211.
- Arnold Isenberg: "Perception, Meaning, and the
Subject-Matter of
Art":211-225.
- Benbow Ritchie: "The Formal Structure of the Aesthetic
Object":225-233.
- Isabel Creed Hungerland: "Iconic Signs and
Expressiveness":234-239.
Various Arts
- René Wellek and Austin Warren: "The Analysis of
the Literary
Work of Art":239-255.
- Henri-Matisse: "Notes of a Painter":255-261.
- W.H. Hadow: "Outlines of Musical Form":262-276.
Section Five: The Editors' Preface: "The Aesthetic
Experience":277-279.
Varieties of Aesthetic Experience
- Henri Delacroix: "Varieties of Aesthetic
Experience":279-285.
- Albert R. Chandler: "Types of Response to Color":285-290.
- Albert R. Chandler: "Types of Listeners":290-296.
- Vernon Lee: "Varieties of Musical
Experience":296-304.
Interpretations of Aesthetic Experience
As Pleasure
- Henry Rutgers Marshall: "The Aesthetic Experience as
Pleasure":304-314.
As Empathy
- Herbert Sidney Langfeld: "Empathy":315-325.
As Experience
- John Dewey: "Having an Experience":325-343.
As Emotion
- R.G. Collingwood: "The Expression of
Emotion":343-358.
Receptivity to Feeling
- Curt John Ducasse: "The Aesthetic Attitude":358-368.
- Curt John Ducasse: "The Aesthetic Feelings":368-376.
Controlled Emotion
- Stephen C. Pepper: "Emotion":376-386.
As Organization of Impulses
- I.A. Richards: "The Aesthetic Response as Organization of
Attitudes":386-395.
As Distance
- Edward Bullough: "Psychical Distance as a Factor in Art
and an
Aesthetic Principle":396-405.
As Intranstive Attention
- Eliseo Vivas: "A Definition of the Esthetic
Experience":406-411.
Section Six: The Editors' Preface: "The Aesthetic
Judgment":412-413.
The Function of Criticism
- Theodore Meyer Greene: "The Three Aspects of
Criticism":414-418.
- R.P. Blakmur: "A Burden for Critics":418-430.
The Validity of the Aesthetic Judgment
- George Boas: "The Authority of Criticism":430-436.
- Bernard C. Heyl: "Relativism Again":436-445.
- Arthur Child: "The Social-Historical Realtivity of
Esthetic
Value":445-462.
- C.E.M. Joad: "The Objectivity of Beauty":463-479.
Section Seven: The Editors' Preface: "The Functions of
Art":480-483.
Art and Religion
- Leo Tolstoy: "The Religious Function of Art":483-498.
Art and Society
- Nikolai Bukharin: "Poetry and Society":498-514.
- George Santayana: "Justification of Art":514-526.
- George Santayana: "Art and Happiness":526-530.
Art and Morality
- W.K. Wimsatt, Jr.: "Poetry and Morals: A Relation
Reargued":530-545.
- Sidney Zink: "The Moral Effect of Art":545-561.
Art as Autonomous
- A.C. Bradley: "Poetry for Poetry's Sake':562-577.
- Clive Bell: "Art and Ethics": 578-583.
Art and Truth
- I.A. Richards: "Poetry and Beliefs":583-589.
- Morris Weitz: "Art, Language and Truth":590-604.
- Dorothy Walsh: "The Cognitive Content of Art":604-618.
- Philip Leon: "Aesthetic Knowledge":619-625.