Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines - Hardcover

Carlshamre, Staffan; Pettersson, Anders

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773525289 ISBN 13: 9780773525283

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Discusses the multiplicity of principles of interpretation and provide a descriptive analysis of the concept of interpretation itself

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Review:

"This fine volume of essays makes significant contributions to our understanding of the idea of interpretation. Nowhere has the idea of interpretation been pursued in such a thorough and creative manner."

Synopsis:

"Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines" begins from the observation that interpretation, even the special kind represented by interpretation of the arts, is not a homogeneous activity. The many different types of such interpretation vary with respect to objectives and criteria of adequacy and attempts to explain art interpretation in terms of a single, unified logic are therefore bound to fail.Five Swedish scholars and theorists from different disciplines - literary studies, philosophy, and art history - discuss the multiplicity of principles of interpretation and provide a descriptive analysis of the concept of interpretation itself that clarifies the main features of the rationale underlying the interpretation of literature and the arts. Their discussion provides a much-needed bridge between analytical aesthetics and theoretical discussion within the individual aesthetic disciplines. The introduction and concluding remarks by the editors provide both a frame for discussion of the issues and a historical perspective on the debates about interpretation.

Contributors include: Staffan Carlshamre (Stockholm University), Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlof (Stockholm University), Anders Pettersson (Umea University), Torsten Pettersson (Uppsala University), and Goran Rossholm (Stockholm University).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0773525289
• ISBN 13: 9780773525283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200