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Definition:
This concept was originally introduced into the field of aesthetics by Cleanth Brooks in 1947 in his book
The Well Wrought Urn. According to the New Critics, the "heresy of paraphrase" occurrs when a critic or
reader interpret a text to mean something other than exactly what it says and inexactly
the way it is stated. It is, then, a "heresy" to re-phrase a text in new words, thus
creating the opportunity for new shades of meaning. This is particularly true for poems because of their
dramatic structure.
Also Known As: periphrastic heresy
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Related Resources:
What is Aesthetics?
In philosophy, aesthetics is the study of beauty and taste, whether in the form of the comic, the tragic or the sublime. Aesthetics has traditionally been part of other philosophical pursuits like the investigation of epistemology or ethics. However, it started to come into its own and become a more independent pursuit under Immanuel Kant, the German philosopher who saw aesthetics as a unitary and self-sufficient type of human experience.What is Philosophy?
What is philosophy? Is there any point in studying philosophy, or is it a useless subject? What are the different branches of philosophy - what's the difference between aestheitcs and ethics? What's the difference between metaphysics and epistemology?
