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Book SynopsisAt the end of the twentieth century literary theorists find themselves reflecting on their discipline. Since at least 1969, the humanities and social sciences have seen the rise of Marxist critical theory, Foucault (or discourse and the new historicism), various schools of American and European cultural studies, deconstruction, and poststructuralism. One of the major coups of the last 30 years, from which all of the previously mentioned theoretical camps benefited, was the attack on and subsequent death of authorial intentionality. In, The Author''s Intention co-authors DiTommaso, Mitscherling, and Nayed divert the current philosophical misrepresentation of authorial intention. Implicitly challenging a second-generation theoretical approach to literature that dismisses the possibility of truth, coherent narratives, and, of course, intentionality the authors breathe new life back into the author and, also, literary theory. This book is essential reading for anyone in the humanities who
Table of Contents1 Foreword 2 Preface and Acknowledgements 3 Introduction 4 Chapter 1: Nietzsche and the Revision of Hermeneutic Ontology 5 Chapter 2: From Inspiration to Intention 6 Chapter 3: The Question of the Relevance of Authorial Intention 7 Chapter 4: Authorial Intention and the Logos of the Work
