© British Society of Aesthetics 2008
(Kivy on) The Form–Content Identity Thesis
Kelly Dean Jolley, 6080 Haley Center, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
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In his Philosophies of Art Peter Kivy investigates the unity of form and content in the arts, particularly in poetry. While Kivy says much with which I happily agree, I sadly disagree with him about the impossibility of form–content identities. Kivy's arguments fail to compel: there are other ways of understanding form–content identities and the need for them that has been felt by artists and critics.