Description: Literary Meaning by Wendall V. Harris Wendell V. Harris explores the fallacies behind the hermeticism that insists that the meaning of a text is indeterminate and divides language from any reality beyond itself. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Todays student of literature is faced with an overwhelming variety of critical approaches, this work argues. The need to evaluate their usefulness in furthering our understanding of literature is therefore a growing concern. In this work the author explores the fallacies behind the fashionable hermeticism that insists that the meaning of a text is indeterminate and divides language from any reality beyond itself. Harris then puts forward a case for the return to hermeneutics, in which an understanding of the authors intended meaning is the first step in reading, and at the same time insists upon the hollowness of the current mode of professionalism in literature departments. Table of Contents Introduction - The Great Dichotomy - Hermeticism - Fallacies of Hermeticism - Hermeticism and Science - Hermeneutics - The Pretentions of Theory: The Necessity of Pluralism, and Terminological Promiscuity - Historical Scholarship and Literary History - Professionally Speaking: Rhetoricity and Mimesis in the Classroom - Publishing the Highly Perishable - Works Cited - Index Details ISBN0333640152 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 1995 ISBN-10 0333640152 ISBN-13 9780333640159 Format Paperback Publication Date 1995-12-18 Short Title LITERARY MEANING 1996/E Edition Description 1996 Language English Media Book Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Reclaiming the Study of Literature Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 240 Author Wendall V. Harris AU Release Date 1995-12-18 NZ Release Date 1995-12-18 UK Release Date 1995-12-18 Illustrations V, 240 p. Alternative 9780333640142 DEWEY 801.95 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:99140775;
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Book Title: Literary Meaning: Reclaiming the Study of Literature
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Author: Wendall V. Harris
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Language: English
Topic: Literature
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Year: 1995
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Number of Pages: 240 Pages
