{"product_id":"the-genesis-of-secrecy-on-the-interpretation-of-narrative-paperback","title":"The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Kermode\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical intelligence that is always richly suggestive, never modish. He offers here an inquiry--elegant in conception and style--into the art of interpretation. His subject quite simply is meanings; how they are revealed and how they are concealed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the venerable tradition of biblical interpretation, Mr. Kermode examines some enigmatic passages and episodes in the gospels. From his reading come ideas about what makes interpretation possible--and often impossible. He considers ways in which narratives acquire opacity, and he asks whether there are methods of distinguishing all possible meaning from a central meaning which gives the story its structure. He raises questions concerning the interpretation of single texts in relation to their context in a writer's work and a tradition; considers the special interpretative problems of historical narration; and tries to relate the activities of the interpreter to interpretation more broadly conceived as a means of living in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile discussing the gospels, Mr. Kermode touches upon such literary works as Kafka's parables, Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry James's novels, and Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eCrying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e. By showing the relationships between religious interpretation and literary criticism, he has enhanced both fields.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.29 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 1980\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132510310535,"sku":"9780674345355","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/22e9207844e12654f470c373f0e6667c.webp?v=1732626959","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-genesis-of-secrecy-on-the-interpretation-of-narrative-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}