The Task of the Interpreter: Text, Meaning, and Negotiation (Hardback)

Vandevelde, Pol

ISBN 10: 0822942631 / ISBN 13: 9780822942634

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

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Fine hardback copyright 2005; first edition with full number line; pristine red cloth boards with gilt lettering (no dj--see photo); 240 spotless pages WBC-2.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Task of the Interpreter: Text, Meaning, and Negotiation (Hardback)
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822942631
• ISBN 13: 9780822942634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The Task of the Interpreter offers a new approach to what it means to interpret a text, and reconciles the possibility of multiple interpretations with the need to consider the author’s intention. Vandevelde argues that interpretation is both an act and an event: It is an act in that interpreters, through the statements they make, implicitly commit themselves to justifying their positions, if prompted. It is an event in that interpreters are situated in a cultural and historical framework and come to a text with questions, concerns, and methods of which they are not fully conscious. These two aspects make interpretation a negotiation of meaning. The Task of the Interpreter provides an interdisciplinary investigation of textual interpretation including biblical hermeneutics (Gregory the Great’s Homilies on Ezekiel), translation (Homer’s The Odyssey), and literary fictions (Grass’s Dog Years and Sabato’s On Heroes and Tombs). Vandevelde’s phi

About the Author

Pol Vandevelde is associate professor of philosophy at Marquette University. He is the author of Être et discours. La question du langage dans l’itinéraire de Heidegger (1927–1938).