World-Making: The Literary Truth-Claim and the Interpretation of Texts

by Mario J. Valdés and Mario Valdes

In literary texts writers express their views on a great variety of issues, some of which they take seriously, others of which they treat with levity. Even in those statements to which cultural circumstances assign a transcendent meaning there is a wide range of commitment from marginal to central concern in the discursive context. Mario J. Vald s calls these assertions truth-claims.

Drawing on the works of a wide range of authors, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802068472
• ISBN13: 9780802068477
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"