Intentions: Negotiated, Contested, and Ignored

by Arabella Lyon

Book Overview

The relationship between an author's and an audience's intentions is complex but need not preclude mutual engagement. This philosophical investigation challenges existing literary and rhetorical perspectives on intention and offers a new framework for understanding the negotiation of meaning. It describes how an audience's intentions affect their interpretations, shows how audiences negotiate meaning when faced with a writer's undecipherable intentions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271025042
• ISBN13: 9780271025049
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"