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The self-deceiving muse : notice and knowledge in the work of art
- Title
- The self-deceiving muse : notice and knowledge in the work of art / Alan Singer.
- Author
- Singer, Alan, 1948-
- Publication
- University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-132 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 228 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Focuses on the phenomenon of self-deception, and proposes a radical revision of our commonplace understanding of it as a token of irrationality. Argues that self-deception can illuminate the rationalistic functions of character"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Literature and philosophy
- Uniform Title
- Literature and philosophy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-224) and index.
- Contents
- The self-deceiving muse -- Illusionism and the self-deceiving I -- Learning from self-deception -- Being out of character/normativizing self-deception -- Picturing self-deception -- Spelling out the viewer -- Shameless self-deception.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-132
- ISBN
- 9780271037219 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0271037210 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010006199
- OCLC
- YBP 2010006199
- Author
- Singer, Alan, 1948-
- Title
- The self-deceiving muse : notice and knowledge in the work of art / Alan Singer.
- Imprint
- University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.
- Series
- Literature and philosophyLiterature and philosophy.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-224) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-132