Improvisation and the creative process: Dewey, Collingwood, and the aesthetics of spontaneity

Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-161

  Sawyer, R Keith ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 47849109519     PISSN: 00218529     EISSN: 15406245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/432094     Document Type: Review

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