The matter of the facts : on invention and interpretation / Miguel Tamen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tamen, Miguel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Criticism.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

168 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

This book questions the presupposition that " interpretation" is the basic problem of language and examines how assumptions about the constructed nature of the object of interpretation affect current discussions about interpretation in the humanities. It is largely based on close readings of three texts: Oscar Wilde' s "De Profundis , Friedrich Nietzsche' s "The Birth of Tragedy , and Immanuel Kant' s "Critique of Pure Reason .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-159) and index.

ISBN:

0804734321

OCLC:

44548975