The Range of Interpretation - (Wellek Library Lectures) by Wolfgang Iser (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>There is a tacit assumption that interpretation comes naturally, that human beings live by constantly interpreting. In this sense, we might even rephrase Descartes by saying: We interpret, therefore we are. While such a basic human disposition makes interpretation appear to come naturally, the forms it takes, however, do not. In this work, Iser offers a fresh approach by formulating an "anatomy of interpretation" through which we can understand the act of interpretation in its many different manifestations.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>There is a tacit assumption that interpretation comes naturally, that human beings live by constantly interpreting. In this sense, we might even rephrase Descartes by saying: We interpret, therefore we are. While such a basic human disposition makes interpretation appear to come naturally, the forms it takes, however, do not. In this work, Iser offers a fresh approach by formulating an "anatomy of interpretation" through which we can understand the act of interpretation in its many different manifestations.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[<i>Range of Interpretation</i>] leaves the reader with a greatly expanded understanding of the nature of interpretation, of the various roles it assumes in our culture, and it is difficult to imagine a scholar who would not profit from such a book.--Philosophy in Review<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Wolfgang Iser is professor of comparative literature at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is best known for his works <i>The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett; The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response; Prospecting: From Reader Response to Literary Anthropology;</i> and <i>The Fictive and the Imaginary: Charting Literary Anthropology.</i>
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