A Ricoeur reader: reflection and imagination

by Ricoeur, Paul

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Title Statements

Full title :A Ricoeur reader : reflection and imagination / edited by Mario J. Valdés.

Summary

Paul Ricoeur is one of the most important modern literary theorists and a philosopher of world renown. This collection brings together his published articles, papers, reviews, and interviews that focus on literary theory and criticism. The first of four sections includes early pieces that explore the philosophical foundations for a post-structural hermeneutics. The second contains reviews and essays in which Ricoeur engages in debate over some of the central themes of literary theory, including figuration/configuration and narrativity. In the third section are later essays on post-structuralist hermeneutics, and in the fourth, interviews in which he discusses text, language, and myths. Mario Valdés provides an introduction to the literary theories of Paul Ricoeur and the works in this collection particularly. He also includes a complete bibliography of Ricoeur's works that have appeared in English.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1991.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1991.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 516 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0802058809, 9780802058805, 0802068146, 9780802068149
oclc:ocm26012732
LC Classification:B2430.R553
Dewey Decimal:121/.68

Philosophical context for a post-structuralist hermeneutics -- The dialect of engagement -- Aspects of post-structuralist hermeneutics -- The dialogical disclosure: interviews with Paul Ricoeur.

Subjects

Aufsatzsammlung Criticism Critique filosofie hermeneutics Hermeneutiek Herméneutique Interview interviews Literaire teksten Literaturtheorie Ricœur, Paul Ricoeur, Paul Ricœur, Paul