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<p>By demonstrating the uniformity and universality of the principles of valid interpretation of verbal texts of any sort, this closely reasoned examination provides a theoretical foundation for a discipline that is fundamental to virtually all humanistic studies. It defines the grounds on which textual interpretation can claim to establish objective knowledge, defends that claim against such skeptical attitudes as historicism and psychologism, and shows that many confusions can be avoided if the distinctions between meaning and significance, interpretation and criticism are correctly understood. It provides perhaps the first genuinely comprehensive account of hermeneutic theory to appear in English and the first systematic presentation of the principles of valid interpretation in any language.</p> <p>Mr. Hirsch, associate professor of English at the University of Virginia, is the author of <i>Wordsworth and Schelling</i> and <i>Innocence and Experience: An Introduction to Blake.</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>“Here is a book that brings logic to the most unruly of disciplines, literary interpretation. Viewing this subject within the tradition of hermeneutics, Mr. Hirsch is able to trace

Who reads Validity in Interpretation?

Author

Hirsch, E. D

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

1973

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300016925

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Philosophy

Rating

3.78 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13