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Author:   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:  

9780198776895

ISBN 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
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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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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

`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 *

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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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