Intention plays a complex role in human utterances. The interpretation of literary texts is a strong case in point: for about two hundred years there have been
"...an excellent and comprehensive discussion of a debate that was initiated in this century in William Wimsatt's and Monroe C. Beardsley's influential article
The tension between the roles of authorial intention and the text itself is a basic concern of contemporary hermeneutics. Challenging much of the current thinki
This accessible, personal, and provocative study returns to the major subject in literary discussion before and during the relatively recent flourishing of lite
With its detailed and wide-ranging explorations in history, philosophy, and law, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how the Constitution ou
