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Poetry and Music as they Affect the Mind
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contribution to aesthetics
- In aesthetics: Major concerns of 18th-century aesthetics
…is James Beattie’s Essay on Poetry and Music as They Affect the Mind (1776), in which the author rejects the view of music as a representational (imitative) art form and argues that expression is the true source of musical excellence. Another example is provided by Denis Diderot in his didactic…
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