The relevance of the beautiful and other essays

Foreword Editor's introduction Sources Part I: The Relevance of the Beautiful: Part II: Essays: 1. The festive character of theater 2. Composition and interpretation 3. Image and gesture 4. The speechless image 5. Art and imitation 6. On the contribution of poetry to the search for truth 7. Poetry and mimesis 8. The play of art 9. Philosophy and poetry 10. Aesthetic and religious experience Appendix: intuition and vividness Notes Bibliography Index.