World-Making - The Literary Truth-claim and the Interpretation of Texts

Drawing on the works of a wide range of authors, including Proust, Tolstoy, Woolf, Lorca, Solzhenitsyn, and Fowles, Valdés explores the phenomenon of truth-claims from two perspectives: textual semantics and hermeneutics.

About the author

Mario J. Valdés, FRSC is a professor emeritus in the Centre for Comparative Literature and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Toronto.

Summary

Drawing on the works of a wide range of authors, including Proust, Tolstoy, Woolf, Lorca, Solzhenitsyn, and Fowles, Valdés explores the phenomenon of truth-claims from two perspectives: textual semantics and hermeneutics.

Product details

• Authors: Mario Valdes, Mario J. Valdes
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780802068477
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-6847-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 280 g
• Series: Theory / Culture; HERITAGE; Theory / Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works