Description:
This book argues that some literary works indeed can make their own unique claims in different areas of philosophy, a method termed fictive narrative philosophy. It outlines detailed conceptions of fictive narrative philosophy, and brings this definition to bear on individual authors and works that can be considered prime examples of it.
Review Quotes:
"Boylan makes an important contribution to the philosophy of literature by using his idea of the personal worldview to understand how we engage with fictive narrative philosophy and offering an explanation as to why that is pedagogically valuable . . . [He] offers a new conception of philosophical writing that has implications for how we understand the nature of argument and argumentation." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews