A Ricoeur Reader: Reflection and Imagination (Theory / Culture) - Softcover

Ricoeur, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442613246 ISBN 13: 9781442613249

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1991

Synopsis

Paul Ricoeur is one of the most important modern literary theorists and a philosopher of world renown. This collection brings together his published articles, papers, reviews, and interviews that focus on literary theory and criticism.

The first of four sections includes early pieces that explore the philosophical foundations for a post-structural hermeneutics. The second contains reviews and essays in which Ricoeur engages in debate over some of the central themes of literary theory, including figuration/configuration and narrativity. In the third section are later essays on post-structuralist hermeneutics, and in the fourth, interviews in which he discusses text, language, and myths. Mario Valdés provides an introduction to the literary theories of Paul Ricoeur and the works in this collection particularly. He also includes a complete bibliography of Ricoeur's works that have appeared in English.

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About the Authors

Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005) was a distinguished French philosopher of the twentieth century, one whose work has been widely translated and discussed across the world.

Mario J. Valdés, FRSC is a professor emeritus in the Centre for Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442613246
• ISBN 13: 9781442613249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277
• Editor: Valdes Mario