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What good are the arts? / John Carey.

Carey, John, 1934- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 019530554X
  • Physical Description: xii, 286 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What is a work of art? -- Is 'high' art superior? -- Can science help? -- Do the arts make us better? -- Can art be a religion? -- The case for literature -- Literature and critical intelligence -- Creative reading: literature and indistinctness.
Subject: Aesthetics.
Art > Philosophy.

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