The Work of ArtWhat art isits very natureis the subject of this book by one of the most distinguished continental theorists writing today. Informed by the aesthetics of Nelson Goodman and referring to a wide range of cultures, contexts, and media, The Work of Art seeks to discover, explain, and define how art exists and how it works. To this end, Grard Genette explores the distinction between a work of art's immanenceits physical presenceand transcendencethe