Author: Hermeren, Goran
Title: Art, Reason, and Tradition: On the Role of Rationality in Interpretation and Explanation of Works of Art
Description: Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksell, (1991). orig.wrappers. 23x16cm, 115 pp, Series: Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund, Scripta Minora, 1989-90: 2.. Textual illustrations. Author's presentation inscription on title-page. VG. ¶ Contents: Minerva, Apollo & Dionysos; The Lonely Hunter & the Herd; Deconstructivism Under Attack; Oracles & Interpreters; The Central Theme; Rationality in Normative Debates: Rationalities: Preliminary Remarks; The Possibility of Rationality; Two Strategies; Rationality, Basic Principles, and Society; Toward a Conclusion; Aspects of Influence: Themes & Variations; Influence Research: Its Problems & Prospects; Influence & Creativity; Models & Modes of Influence; Perspectives on Influence; Baxandall on Influence; Traces of Intertexts: The Origins of Intertextuality: Julia Kristeva; Later Approaches: Laurent Jenny & Others; Freudian Intertexts: Harold Bloom; Readers & Intertextuality: Michael Riffaterre; Transtextual Relations: Gérard Genette; Theory versus Practice;Traditions & Rationality: Traditions as Views & as Networks of Relations; Tradition & Influence; Norm-Followers & Norm-Violators; Criteria of Identity of Traditions; Rational Debates Between Traditions; Concluding Remarks.

Keywords: Philosophy of Literature, Literary Criticism, Critical Theory, Art History, Aesthetics, Rationality, Interpretation, Influence, Intertextuality