The essays in this collection are concerned with the philosophical
problems that arise in connection with the understanding and
evaluation of literature - such problems as the relationship
between the work and the author (authorial intention), between the
work and the world (reference and truth), the definition of a
literary work, and the nature of literary theory itself. Professor
Olsen attacks many of the orthodoxies of modern literary theory, in
particular the enterprise to build a comprehensive systematic
literary theory. His own work is informed by a consistent
perspective: the assumption that literature is a social institution
governed by conventions, and that answers to problems of
interpretation and appreciation can be found only through an
analysis of these conventions. This is an important book for
scholars and students of literary theory and philosophy, especially
for those who see an ever-increasing cross-fertilization between
the two disciplines.
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