I asked:>
"And why, though the drama-a.e. seems palpably different from what we get
from a Bach cantata etc, are we inclined to call them both "a.e.'s"?"

Mike Mallory responded:
>
> If there is no identifying characteristic in either the nature of the
> subject or the subjective response to the aesthetic object, what we have
> left is the structure or form of the aesthetic experience.  I believe the
> aesthetic experience has a unique structure that can stand as the
> identifying characteristic.
>
I'm glad to hear it, Mike. Would you care to elaborate on that "unique
structure"?



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