Author: Hermeren, Goran
Title: Influence in Art and Literature
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1975). orig.cloth. 22x14cm, xvii,346 pp. Textual illustrations. Minor rubbing, some small tears to dustwrapper, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Problems & Distinctions: Ontological Principles; Different Kinds of Influence; Further Distinctions; Causal Explanations & Hypotheses About Influence; Normative Implications; Conditions for Influence: The Temporal Requirement; The Requirement of Contact; The Requirement of Similarity; The Requirement of Change; Measurement of Influence: Some Examples: The Size of the Similarities; The Size of the Change; The Probability of the Change; The Extensiveness of the Change; The Importance of the Change; The Duration of the Influence; Consequences & Conclusions: Influence, Tradition, & Development; Influence & Interpretation; Influences, Value Judgements, & Normative Implications; Influence, Originality, & Normative Implications; Practical Conclusions.

Keywords: Philosophy of Art, Aesthetics, Literary History, Critical Theory, Judgement, Influence, Aesthetic, Literature, Criticism