Broadview Press
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2010
Literary intention, literary interpretation, and readers.
Maynard, John.
Broadview Press, ©2009 448 p. $34.95 PN81
978-1-55111-897-0
Maynard (English, New York U.) dives into one of the thornier issues in literary theory and interpretation: literary intention. The issue in literary intention is: Does an author's intent or historical setting determine a correct interpretation of a literary work? The author addresses this and a number of related issues in a book that is clearly written from the reader's perspective and surprisingly accessible. The book will interest academics, students, and — for lack of a better term — "serious readers." (Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
