Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that
integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to humor Offers an …

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 …

This article offers a theoretical framework to explain circumstances under which perceptions
of “unrealness” affect engagement in narratives and subsequent perceived realism …

For the past twenty years there has been a virtual consensus in philosophy that there is a
special link between fiction and the imagination. In particular, fiction has been defined in …

Art, Emotion and Ethics is a systematic investigation of the relation of art to morality, a topic
that has been of central and recurring interest to the philosophy of art since Plato. Berys …

The movie theater has always been a place where people come together to share powerful
emotional experiences, from the fear generated by horror films and the anxiety induced by …

Imagination will remain a mystery—we will not be able to explain imagination—until we can
break it into simpler parts that are more easily understood. Explaining Imagination is a …

You are now looking at the third edition of The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics. That we
have attained such a grand age for an anthology is testament to the considerable success of …

Do the artist's intentions have anything to do with the making and appreciation of works of
art? In Art and Intention Paisley Livingston develops a broad and balanced perspective on …

The first origin of The Age of STEM was a policy research programme focused on the
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. It was initiated by the …