Paradigms Regained

by Battersby, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780812231274
• ISBN10: 0812231279
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr

Summary

Paradigms Regainedis James L Battersby's effort to reclaim for literary study certain legitimate territories that have been needlessly abandoned on the theoretical battlefield. Despite assertions to the contrary by poststructuralist or new historicist critics, Battersby contends, it is still possible to talk intelligently, rigorously, and usefully about such issues as literary intentionality, stable references, determinate meaning, and objective value judgments of literary works.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction The Theory Market in a World Without a Gold Standard	p. 1
Problem Setting and Pluralism	p. 19
Putting Pluralism on the Map	p. 21
Map States and State Maps	p. 40
References, Meanings, Worlds	p. 55
Eclecticism, or Worlds in Collision	p. 57
Stable Worlds In Different Space-Times	p. 63
Worlds Unacceptable, Irrelevant, or Incommensurable	p. 79
Incommensurable Worlds	p. 119
Paradox Undone: Meaning, Reference, and Cognitive Sameness	p. 132
Ad Hoc Categories and Textual Interests	p. 159
Interpretation All the Way Down	p. 161
Meaning and Available Scenarios	p. 169
From Readers to Writers, Interpretation to Making	p. 182
Human "Nature" and Language "Universals"	p. 197
Intentions, Interests, Preferences, Choices	p. 209
Worlds Well Founded and Worlds Well Lost	p. 231
Making Mistakes, Making Amends, Making Do	p. 233
Conclusion: Worlds Without End	p. 247
Select Bibliography	p. 285
Index	p. 299
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