Some Remarks about Value as a Work of Literature

Peter Lamarque's splendid and informative book, The Philosphy of Literature, deserves a much fuller response than I can give in this brief note. It is brimful with insights into the nature of literature, and into the debates between philosophers interested in literature, and I cannot imagine anyone failing to learn from it. The question I propose to take up is ny no means the most important that Lamarque raises, nor am I even certain that I can add anything useful to his own discussion it. Yet I find myself puzzled by it, and hope that it may repay further thought.