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目次

Preface; 1. Literary aesthetics and literary practice; 2. Interpretationand intention; 3. Authorial intention; 4. Text and meaning; 5. The 'meaning'of a literary work; 6. Defining a literary work; 7. What is poetics?; 8. Onunilluminating criticism; 9. Criticism and appreciation; 10. Value-judgementsin criticism; 11. Literature, fiction, and reality. A problematicrelationship; 12. Thematic concepts: where philosophy meets literature; 13.Literary theory and literary aesthetics; Notes; Bibliography; Index.