Interpretation: An Essay in the Philosophy of Literary Criticism

Peter D. Juhl

Published by Princeton University Press 1981

Interpretation

An Essay in the Philosophy of Literary Criticism

Peter D. Juhl

Volume 446 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400858019

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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.

Originally published in 1981.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Theory of E. D. Hirsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
III. Is Evidence of the Author's Intention Irrelevant? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
IV. The Appeal to the Text: What Are We Appealing to? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
V. Context and the Rules of the Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
VI. Aesthetic Arguments and Other Aspects of Critical Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
VII. Life, Literature, and the Implied Author : Can (Fictional) Literary Works Make Truth-Claims? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
VIII. Does a Literary Work Have One and ONLY ONE CORRECT INTERPRETATION? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
APPENDIX. The Doctrine of Verstehen and the OBJECTIVITY OF LITERARY INTERPRETATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333

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