Peter Kivy Books
The Possessor and the Possessed
By Peter Kivy
"The concept of genius intrigues us. Artistic geniuses have something other people don't have. In some cases that something seems to be a remarkable kind of inspiration that permits the artist to e...
Read MoreOnce told tales
By Peter Kivy
"Drawing comparisons with other art forms, this book examines the role of aesthetic features in silent reading, such as narrative structure, and the core experience of reading a novel as a story ra...
Read MorePhilosophies of Arts: An Essay in Differences
By Peter Kivy
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century the philosophy of art has been engaged in the project of finding out what the fine arts might have in common, and thus how they might be defined. Peter...
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