| Description |
x, 332 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The theory of E.D. Hirsch -- Is evidence of the author's intention irrelevant? -- The appeal to the text: what are we appealing to? -- Context and the rules of the language -- Aesthetic arguments and other aspects of critical practice -- Life, literature, and the implied author: can (fictional) literary works make truth-claims? -- Does a literary work have one and only one correct interpretation? -- The doctrine of Verstehen and the objectivity of literary interpretations |
| Summary |
"This book provides and defends an analysis of our concept of the meaning of a literary work. P. D. Juhl challenges a number of widely held views concerning the role of an author's intention: the distinction between the real and the implied author; and the question of whether a work has not one correct, but many acceptable interpretations"--Publisher description |
| Analysis |
Literature Criticism |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 301-322 |
| Subject |
Criticism.
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Hermeneutics.
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
80007534 |
| ISBN |
0691072426 |
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