Leese Webster (1979) by Ursula K. Le Guin

Authors

Gareth B. Matthews, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Files

Description

Leese was a spider, born in a palace throne room. Like other members of the “Webster” family, Leese knew how to spin an elegant and efficient web of traditional design. But then she started to produce webs of original designs like the flowers portrayed in the carpet and the huntsmen and hounds in a painting. Were these images pictures? Many animal species dance, adorn themselves, and build elaborate nests to attract mates. Can they be more and less aesthetically gifted? Authorities had Leese’s webs encased in glass and put on exhibit. Did that change their metaphysical status?

Publication Date

1981

Publisher

Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children

City

Montclair

Keywords

art, pictures, aesthetics, insects

Disciplines

Aesthetics | Early Childhood Education | Education | Philosophy

Comments

This review was first published in Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children 3(2): 3, 1981.

Recommended Citation

Matthews, Gareth B., "Leese Webster (1979) by Ursula K. Le Guin" (1981). Picture Books. 57.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_picturebooks/57