Novels Never Lie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5126470 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James E Mahon (0000-0003-1200-4095, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 323-338 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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/ayz034 |
| OpenAlex | W2976452272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
In this article, I shall argue that being a lie disqualifies something from being a literary work. If something is a lie then it is not a literary work of any kind, and if something is a literary work of any kind then it is not a lie. Being a literary work, and being a lie, are mutually exclusive categories
Art · Literature · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy
Falsehoods in film
May an Artist’s Moral Ill Repute Affect the Meaning of Their Work? An Analysis from the Perspective of Speech Act Theory
Being Silent About the Truth
Fictions that don’t tell the truth
Fictional force
Lies in Art
Novel Assertions
Fiction as a defeater
Ethical Presuppositions in Narrative Art
Fictions that Purport to Tell the Truth
An Artist's Voice
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |