Facing Poetry : Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten's  Theory of Literature  - Berlin/Boston  De Gruyter  2020  - 1 electronic resource (238 p.) <br/><br/> What is Literature? According to Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Literature is perfect sensate discourse. Based on this insight Baumgarten offers the first modern theory of literature. His uniquely holistic approach encompasses a methodology, epistemology, metaphysics, narratology, and ethics. <br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons <br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1515/9783110624519 <br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Literary theory