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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard Gaskin (University of Liverpool)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.586kg ISBN: 9780198776895ISBN 10: 0198776896 Pages: 396 Publication Date: 02 June 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents Preface 1: Language, text, and world 2: Literature, fact, and fiction 3: Literary humanism: sense, reference, and knowledge 4: Literary humanism: analytical objections and responses 5: Reception theory and meaning 6: Literature and ambiguity 7: The status of authorial intentions 8: Deconstruction and meaning 9: Deconstruction and pragmatism 10: Literary language, science, and the world 11: Form, content, and ideology 12: Ideology and literary humanism References IndexReviewsthe monograph is a welcome and consequential contribution to the philosophy of literature which also has something to offer philosophers of language, metaphysicians, episte mologists, ethicists, and literary and critical theorists. British Journal of Aesthetics Rich and varied ... There is certainly enough here to appeal to anyone interested in the philosophy of literature. Alan H. Goldman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Gaskin's book is full of rich ideas and strongly presented arguments, and it provides a valuable defence of literary humanism. Elisa Galgut, Philosophical Quarterly `the monograph is a welcome and consequential contribution to the philosophy of literature which also has something to offer philosophers of language, metaphysicians, episte mologists, ethicists, and literary and critical theorists.' British Journal of Aesthetics `Rich and varied . . . There is certainly enough here to appeal to anyone interested in the philosophy of literature.' Alan H. Goldman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews `Gaskin's book is full of rich ideas and strongly presented arguments, and it provides a valuable defence of literary humanism.' Elisa Galgut, Philosophical Quarterly Gaskin's book is full of rich ideas and strongly presented arguments, and it provides a valuable defence of literary humanism. * Elisa Galgut, Philosophical Quarterly * Rich and varied . . . There is certainly enough here to appeal to anyone interested in the philosophy of literature. * Alan H. Goldman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * the monograph is a welcome and consequential contribution to the philosophy of literature which also has something to offer philosophers of language, metaphysicians, episte mologists, ethicists, and literary and critical theorists. * British Journal of Aesthetics * Author InformationProfessor Richard Gaskin was educated at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and London, held a Lectureship in philosophy at the University of Sussex from 1991 to 1997, and then a Readership from 1997 until 2001, when he moved to his current post as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He has held visiting fellowships at the University of Bonn, University of Edinburgh, and University of Mainz. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |