Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism
Author:   Richard Gaskin (University of Liverpool)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199657902


Pages:   396
Publication Date:   18 April 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Language, Truth, and Literature: A Defence of Literary Humanism


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Author:   Richard Gaskin (University of Liverpool)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.746kg
ISBN:  

9780199657902


ISBN 10:   0199657904
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   18 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Contents 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 Index

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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 Gaskinas book is full of rich ideas and strongly presented arguments, and it provides a valuable defence of literary humanism.


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


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Professor 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.

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