The Poem as Icon
A Study in Aesthetic Cognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4159409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Simecek (0000-0002-7058-6567, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-149 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Aesthetics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0904 • E-ISSN: 1468-2842 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/aesthj/ayab008 |
| OpenAlex | W3188744411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Margaret H. Freeman’s The Poem as Icon addresses the nature and value of poetry, thereby making an important contribution to this developing area of philosophical aesthetics. Her approach is distinctive in that it resists temptation to be drawn away from the specifics of poetry to general discussions of language, art and literature. She achieves this focus by allowing analysis of particular works by poets such as Emily Dickinson, Matthew Arnold and Wallace Stevens to take centre stage in each chapter. That is not to say that her book is limited to the domain of poetry but more that her focus on poetry reveals more general insights by treating poetry as quintessential of the iconic arts. The book presents novel discussion of metaphor, the form–content dichotomy, and aesthetic cognition through an inquiry into the value of poetry. In each case, the study of poetry is used to deepen understanding of themes
Aesthetic value · Aesthetics · Art · Content (measure theory · Focus (optics · Icon · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Poetry · Temptation · The arts · Value (mathematics · Visual arts · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis · Color perception and design · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |