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050 00 $aPN81$b.M4874 2009
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100 1 $aMaynard, John,$d1941-
245 10 $aLiterary intention, literary interpretation, and readers /$cJohn Maynard.
260 $aPeterborough, Ont. :$bBroadview Press,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 448 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 395-422) and index.
520 $a"This accessible, personal, and provocative study returns to the major subject in literary discussion before and during the relatively recent flourishing of literary theory, that of literary intention. Does the author's personal intention or historical site determine a correct interpretation of a literary work? Probing the entire range of issues connected with this many-faceted and knotty concept, this book engages with interpretation on both theoretical and practical levels. It argues that the hard questions about interpretation connected to issues of intention cannot be sidestepped or ignored. It does not argue for conservative concepts of literature itself, nor against the major historical engagements of critics in our time. But in addressing those who continue to read or teach literature, it does insist on a level of sophistication in issues of literary interpretation that cannot be assured by historical research and knowledge of the social and cultural connections to literary works. The overall aim of the work is to recall readers to the great complexity, pleasure, and interest of literary interpretation."--Publisher's website.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Literary Intention/ality -- Rereading Reader Theories: Interventions and Intrusions -- Conclusion and Work in Progress: Reader Theory Meets Real Readers.
650 0 $aIntention in literature.
650 0 $aHermeneutics.
650 0 $aReader-response criticism.
650 0 $aAuthors and readers.
650 0 $aLiterature$xExplication.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMaynard, John, 1941-$tLiterary intention, literary interpretation, and readers.$dPeterborough, Ont. : Broadview Press, c2009$w(OCoLC)741860511
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