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    Subject Area
    Narrative, Secrecy, interpretation
    Book Title
    The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative (The
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    Country/Region of Manufacture
    United Kingdom
    Subject
    Literature
    ISBN
    9780674345256
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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Harvard University Press
    ISBN-10
    0674345258
    ISBN-13
    9780674345256
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    348518

    Product Key Features

    Number of Pages
    196 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Name
    Genesis of Secrecy : on the Interpretation of Narrative
    Subject
    General, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics
    Publication Year
    1979
    Type
    Textbook
    Author
    Frank Kermode
    Subject Area
    Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
    Series
    The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.8 in
    Item Weight
    17.6 Oz
    Item Length
    9.2 in
    Item Width
    6.1 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    78-023403
    Dewey Edition
    18
    Reviews
    The thesis is well wrought, the scholarship varied and well-distributed, and the examples clear and deft., The Gensis of Secrecy is important partly because of its method and partly because of its subject matter. The texts Kermode uses to illustrate "the interpretaion of narrative" are the most familiar and important in Western civilization: The Gospels, according to Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. And the method is a disarming and delicate blend of the best work done recently in narrative theory by semiotic and post-structuralist critics, fortified by an impressive but unobtrusive acquaintance with biblical scholarship and hermeneutics.
    TitleLeading
    The
    Dewey Decimal
    226/.06/3
    Table Of Content
    I. Carnal and Spiritual Senses II. Hoti's Business: Why Are Narratives Obscure? III. The Man in the Macintosh, The Boy in the Shirt IV. Necessities of Upspringing V. What Precisely Are the Facts? VI. The Unfollowable World Notes Index
    Synopsis
    Frank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical intelligence that is always richly suggestive, never modish. He offers here an inquiry--elegant in conception and style--into the art of interpretation. His subject quite simply is meanings; how they are revealed and how they are concealed. Drawing on the venerable traition of biblical interpretation, Mr. Kermode examines some enigmatic passages and episodes in the gospels. From his reading come ideas about what makes interpretation possible--and often impossible. He considers ways in which narratives aquire opacity, and he asks whether there are methods of distinguishing all possible meaning from a central meaning which gives the story its structure. He raises questions concerning the interpretation of single texts in relation to their context in a writer's work and a tradition; considers the special interpretative problems of historical narration; and tries to relate the activities of the interpreter to interpretation more broadly conceived as a means of living in the world. While discussing the gospels, Mr. Kermode touches upon such literary works as Kafka's parables, Joyce's Ulysses, Henry James's novels, and Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49. By showing the relationships between religious interpretation and literary criticism, he has enhanced both fields.
    LC Classification Number
    PN81.K4

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