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The Cave of Trophonius & Other Poems

1 review
Francis Sparshott

Brick Books, 1983

More, please.
During the Great Art Theory Decade of the 1980's almost nobody read the single best introduction to aesthetics and art theory: Sparshott's _Structure of Aesthetics_. Why this is, contunues to baffle me. This probably isn't the best way to introduce his poetry, which is both classical in reference and often confessional in style, like that of his fellow Canadian Anne Carson. If you like Carson, ...

The Concept of Criticism
Francis Sparshott

Cybereditions Corporation, 2001

Taking Life Seriously: A Study of the Argument of the Nicomachean Ethics (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)

3 reviews
Francis Sparshott

University of Toronto Press, 1996

Erudite, Gripping and Fresh Interpretation of Aristotle.
Francis Sparshott is an excellent poet as well as an excellent philosopher, and his command of language and his depth of insight are both highly manifest in this book. Sparshott has given here the best modern overall commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, itself possibly the greatest of Aristotle's works. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle brings the perspective of a great ...

The Future of Aesthetics (Toronto Studies in Philosophy)
Francis Sparshott

University of Toronto Press, 1998

Widely admired as one of Canada's leading philosophers, Francis Sparshott is a major figure in postwar philosophical aesthetics. In this book he presents an annotated version of the text of the four 1996 Ryle Lectures that he gave at Trent University. Addressing the nature and prospects of aesthetics as a discipline, Sparshott discusses beauty, taste, and the place of imagination, fiction, and fine art in societies. He investigates the place of ...

Measured Pace: Toward a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance
Francis Sparshott

Diane Pub Co, 1995

This book is concerned not with what dance is, but with what dance is like. The center of attention is the accepted art or arts of dance, the sort of thing people go to see in theaters & which professional. dancers make a living by performing. The meaning of what goes on in that kind of performance art is the main focus. Chapters: Part 1: Kinds of Dance: The Problem of Classif'n.; Classif'n. by Context; Expression; Formal Prin's. of Movement; ...