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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kivy, Peter. Antithetical arts. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, c2009 (DLC) 2008048452 (OCoLC)251213325 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Kivy |
| ISBN: | 9780191568060 0191568066 9780199562800 0199562806 |
| OCLC Number: | 326883695 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 275 p.) : ill., music. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. The founding of formalism. First the music, and then the words -- Designs à la grecque -- Body and soul. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Kivy. |
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Antithetical Arts, like Kivy's earlier books, is a model of clarity and shows great historical sensitivity and engagement with the issues under discussion. Jeanette Bicknell, Mind clear, resourceful, spirited, and entertaining Paul Griffiths, Times Literary Supplement Kivy's writing style happily shares many of the characteristics of good literature - wit, elegance, clarity, clear narrative development and readability. In short, his book, apart from anything else, is a good read. To the aesthetician, it is also of great philosophical interest, amd places the current debates on musical expression within a historical context. Elisa Galgut, Philosophical Quarterly Kivy's book is written in an extraordinarily clear and lucid style. There is a little surprise, an unexpected or witty observation, a new turn of the argument waiting at every other turn of the page. Furthermore, one might even say that Kivy's prose has a distinctive musical flavor to it... It also has many instructuve historical details on the long debate about how to understand music... Although it is difficult to imagine a narrativist being much impressed by Kivy's arguments, all of them should read this wonderful book. Like music, it can be a source of great pleasure and insight to the reader. Peter Rinderle, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Read more...