Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-228) and index
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Literary aesthetics and literary practice -- Interpretation and intention -- Authorial intention -- Text and meaning -- The 'meaning' of a literary work -- Defining a literary work -- What is poetics? -- On unilluminating criticism -- Criticism and appreciation -- Value-judgements in criticism -- Literature, fiction, and reality. A problematic relationship -- Thematic concepts: where philosophy meets literature -- Literary theory and literary aesthetics