APPENDIX. The Doctrine of Verstehen and the OBJECTIVITY OF LITERARY INTERPRETATIONS

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. I. Introduction 1
5. II. The Theory of E. D. Hirsch 16
6. III. Is Evidence of the Author's Intention Irrelevant? 45
7. IV. The Appeal to the Text: What Are We Appealing to? 66
8. V. Context and the Rules of the Language 90
9. VI. Aesthetic Arguments and Other Aspects of Critical Practice 114
10. VII. Life, Literature, and the Implied Author : Can (Fictional) Literary Works Make Truth-Claims? 153
11. VIII. Does a Literary Work Have One and ONLY ONE CORRECT INTERPRETATION? 196
12. APPENDIX. The Doctrine of Verstehen and the OBJECTIVITY OF LITERARY INTERPRETATIONS 239
13. Bibliography 301
14. Index 323
15. Backmatter 333