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Literature and the Philosophy of Intention - by Patrick Swinden (Hardcover)

Name: Literature and the Philosophy of Intention - by Patrick Swinden (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1006472002
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This book attempts to reinstate the importance of authorial intention by examining arguments against it from a variety of sources - American New Criticism, European Structuralism and various kinds of postmodernist theory.
About the Author: Patrick Swinden is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester.
255 Pages
Literary Criticism, European

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About the Book

An analysis of the argument about intention in the study of literature, with reference to Kant and contemporary philosophers of language and action.

Book Synopsis

This book attempts to reinstate the importance of authorial intention by examining arguments against it from a variety of sources - American New Criticism, European Structuralism and various kinds of postmodernist theory. It enlists the aid of Kantian aesthetics and contemporary philosophy of language and action, as well as studying the play on intention in the manipulation of character and action in the work of Shakespeare and other English writers from 1600 to the present day.

About the Author

Patrick Swinden is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.84 Inches (H) x 5.73 Inches (W) x .95 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.15 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 255

Genre: Literary Criticism

Sub-Genre: European

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Format: Hardcover

Author: Patrick Swinden

Language: English

Street Date: April 11, 1999

TCIN: 1006472002

UPC: 9780312219635

Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-1547

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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