A textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics, this book introduces the techniques of analytic philosophy in addition to a selection of the major topics in this area.
First Published in 1990. Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon.
The editors have organized the chapters helpfully across eight parts: I: Artforms, II: History, III: Questions of Form, Style, and Address, IV: Art and Science, V: Comparisons among the Arts, VI: Questions of Value, VII: Philosophers of Art, VIII: Institutional Questions
Humour is a universal feature of human life. In this Very Short Introduction Noel Carroll considers the nature and value of humour, from its leading theories and its relation to emotion and cognition, to ethical questions of its morality and its significance in shaping society.
A textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics, this book introduces the techniques of analytic philosophy in addition to a selection of the major topics in this area.