Gadamer's Poetics: A Critique of Modern Aesthetics

Gadamer''s writing on art is typically seen as supporting his philosophical theory of truth. Drawing together a coherent theory of the work of art from the corpus of Gadamer''s writings, this is the first full-length examination of Gadamer''s theory of the work of art in its own right.

Close readings of Gadamer''s treatment of aesthetics in Truth and Method, as well as his many essays and lecture...