Intention and Interpretation: A Short History
Abstract
Should we take the author’s intention into account when interpreting literature? The question has been a subject of fierce debate since the 1940s that shows no signs of abating. The notion of authorial intent, however, has a historical depth that is often overlooked in this debate. This book provides this missing history of authorial intent from Classical Greece to the present day.
Keywords
Authorial intention; intentional fallacy; field theory; law and literatureDOI
10.1515/9783110767858ISBN
9783110767858, 9783110761412, 9783110767926, 9783110767858Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
https://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2022Imprint
De GruyterClassification
Literature: history and criticism
Literary theory
Literary studies: general