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Walton

Izaak Walton (baptised 21 September 1593 – 15 December 1683) was an English writer best known as the author of The Compleat Angler (1653). He also wrote a number of short biographies, including one of his friend John Donne.
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Mimesis and Make-Believe

Kendall Walton's Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts is a major work of analytic philosophy of art, originally published by Harvard University Press in 1990 and later issued in a reprint paperback edition. By grounding the theory of representation in the logic of children's make-believe, Walton constructs a unified framework that spans literature, painting, sculpture, theater, and film — making it essential reading for philosophers of art, aestheticians, and theorists of fiction.

Reviewed Jun 22, 2026

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