The Truth of Art in David Jones and Hans-Georg Gadamer

• Authors: Martin Potter
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

I shall examine the theory of art developed by David Jones, the twentieth-century Anglo-Welsh poet and artist (especially in his essay “Art and Sacrament”), in the light of a comparison with the theory of art propounded by Hans-Georg Gadamer, the twentieth-century German philosopher in the phenomenological tradition (especially his essay “Die Aktualität des Schönen”), not claiming influence, but highlighting striking parallels.

Keywords

EN

Art; phenomenology; sacramentality; symbol; truth

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 321-334

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-21

Contributors

author

Martin Potter

• University of Bucharest

References

• Baker, J. M., Jr. 2002. “Lyric as Paradigm: Hegel and the Speculative Instance of Poetry in Gadamer’s Hermeneutics” in The Cambridge Companion to Gadamer. R. J. Dostal (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 141-66.
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• Gadamer, H.-G. 1986. The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays. R. Bernasconi (ed.). N. Walker (trans.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Gadamer, H.-G. 1977. Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest. Stuttgart: Reclam.
• Jones, D. 1959. “Art and Sacrament” in Epoch and Artist. David Jones. Harman Grisewood (ed.). London: Faber, pp. 143-79.
• MacIntyre, A. 1976. “Contexts of Interpretation: Reflections on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Truth and Method” in Boston University Journal. 24/1, 41-6.
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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10319-012-0029-4