Types of Interpretation in the Aesthetic Disciplines - Softcover

Carlshamre, Staffan; Pettersson, Anders

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773525718 ISBN 13: 9780773525719

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004

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. In particular, important insights are provided into the problem of defining interpretation, different sorts of interpretations that may be distinguished from each other, and, indeed, different kinds of possible taxonomies of interpretations. The papers are very well written, carefully argued, and sustained by consistent reference to specific examples. Nowhere has the idea of interpretation been pursued in such a thorough and creative manner." Paisley Livingston, author of Literature and Rationality: Ideas of Agency in Theory and Fiction

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 art.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.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0773525718
• ISBN 13: 9780773525719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200