Sherburne, Donald W.  A Whiteheadian Aesthetic: Some Implications of Whitehead's Metaphysical Speculation.  New Haven: Yale Univ Pr, 1961.

Abstract

Whitehead's philosophical system is expounded in four preliminary chapters, with particular emphasis on the conception of "concrescence," while the remainder of the
book develops an aesthetic theory based upon this system.  It is argued that all aesthetic discourse should be grounded in metaphysical theory and that Whitehead's philosophy shows its fruitfulness in generating aesthetic analysis.  The author's themes are that "the work of art has the ontological status of a Whiteheadian proposition" and "aesthetic experience is experience, the subjective aim of which is to re-create the proposition objectified in the performance of a work of art."  This was a Ph. D dissertation at Yale with one added chapter.  [Abstract from The Philosopher’s Index]