Jenefer Robinson has published widely on topics related to philosophy of art, literature and music. In Deeper than Reason: Emotion and its Role in Literature, Music and Art (Oxford University Press, 2005) she developed a new theory of emotion and its connection with the arts. In the book she claims that we not only "self-evidently make emotional responses in the presence of art works, but that some art works (...) need to be experienced emotionally if they are to be properly understood". In her edited collection Music and Meaning (Cornell University Press, 1997) she brings together ten essays on the nature of musical meaning.
Selected articles
'The Art of Distancing: How Formal Devices Manage Our Emotional Responses to Literature', The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Vol. 62, No. 2, Special Issue: Art, Mind, and Cognitive Science (Spring, 2004), pp.153–162.
'Languages of Art at the Turn of the Century', The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Vol. 58, No. 3 (Summer, 2000), pp.213–218.
'The Expression and Arousal of Emotion in Music', The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Vol. 52, No. 1, The Philosophy of Music (Winter, 1994), pp.13–22.
'The Eliminability of Artistic Acts'. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.Vol. 36, No. 1, pp 81–89.
'The Individuation of Speech Acts', The Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 24, No. 97 (Oct., 1974), pp.316–3.
'On Being Moved by Architecture', The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Vol. 70, No. 4 (FALL 2012), pp.337–353.
'Startle', The Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 92, No. 2 (Feb., 1995), pp.53–74.
'Syntax, Meaning and Context: A Reply to Keenan', The Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 27, No. 107 (Apr., 1977), pp.162–164.
'Aesthetic Disgust?', Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, Vol. 75, pp 51–84.
↑Johnson, Julian (2007). "Review of Deeper than Reason: Emotion and Its Role in Literature, Music, and Art". Music & Letters. 88 (3): 495–498. doi:10.1093/ml/gcl128. ISSN0027-4224. JSTOR30162872.
↑Robinson, Jenefer (2004). "The Art of Distancing: How Formal Devices Manage Our Emotional Responses to Literature". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 62 (2): 153–162. doi:10.1111/j.1540-594X.2004.00148.x. ISSN0021-8529. JSTOR1559199.
↑Robinson, Jenefer (2000). "Languages of Art at the Turn of the Century". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 58 (3): 213–218. doi:10.2307/432102. ISSN0021-8529. JSTOR432102.
↑Robinson, Jenefer (1994). "The Expression and Arousal of Emotion in Music". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 52 (1): 13–22. doi:10.2307/431581. ISSN0021-8529. JSTOR431581.
↑Robinson, Jenefer (1977). "The Eliminability of Artistic Acts". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 36 (1): 81–89. doi:10.2307/430752. ISSN0021-8529. JSTOR430752.