Author: Nordin,Svante
Title: Interpretation and Method. Studies in the Explication of Literature
Description: Lund, n.p. 1978. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, 183,(4) pp, University of Lund doctoral dissertation.. Some rubbing, spine & wrapper edge tears, Good. ¶ Contents: The Philosophical Problems of Interpretation; A Theory about Interpretation; Alternative Theories; The Hermeneutic Circle; Writers' Intentions & the Wider Context; A Note on Probability; William Empson, Cleanth Brooks & the "New Criticism": An Introduction; Empson & Ambiguity; Brooks: The Semantics of Poetry; Brooks: The Well Wrought Urn; The "New Criticism" & the Interpretation of Modern Poetry; Conclusion: Method & Interpretation; Appendix: An Examination of E.D. Hirsch's Theory of Interpretation.

Keywords: Literary Interpretation, Literary Criticism, Critical Theory, Cleanth Brooks, E.D. Hirsch, William Empson, Modern Poetry, ,