Language, literacy, and criticism -- The subjective paradigm -- The motivational character of language and symbol formation -- The logic of interpretation -- Epistemological assumptions in the study of response -- The pedagogical development of knowledge -- The relative negotiability of response statements -- Acts of taste and changes of taste -- The construction of literary meaning -- The conception and documentation of the author -- Collective interests and the definition of literary regularities -- Knowledge, responsibility, and community
Analysis
Literary theory
Notes
Originally published in 1978; paperbacks edition 1981
