The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative by Kermode, Frank
The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative by Kermode, Frank

The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative

Frank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of...
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The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative by Kermode, Frank

The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative

CHF 78.91
The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative by Kermode, Frank

The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative

CHF 78.91
Author: Frank Kermode
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Frank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical intelligence that is always richly suggestive, never modish. He offers here an inquiry--elegant in conception and style--into the art of interpretation. His subject quite simply is meanings; how they are revealed and how they are concealed.

Drawing on the venerable tradition of biblical interpretation, Mr. Kermode examines some enigmatic passages and episodes in the gospels. From his reading come ideas about what makes interpretation possible--and often impossible. He considers ways in which narratives acquire opacity, and he asks whether there are methods of distinguishing all possible meaning from a central meaning which gives the story its structure. He raises questions concerning the interpretation of single texts in relation to their context in a writer's work and a tradition; considers the special interpretative problems of historical narration; and tries to relate the activities of the interpreter to interpretation more broadly conceived as a means of living in the world.

While discussing the gospels, Mr. Kermode touches upon such literary works as Kafka's parables, Joyce's Ulysses, Henry James's novels, and Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49. By showing the relationships between religious interpretation and literary criticism, he has enhanced both fields.

Author: Frank Kermode
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 10/15/1980
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.15w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780674345355


Review Citation(s):
New Yorker (The) 05/24/2010 pg. 73
New York Review of Books 06/09/2011 pg. 34

About the Author
Kermode, Frank: - Sir (John) Frank Kermode was Julian Clarence Levi Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, at Columbia University and a Fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge. He was instrumental in the 1979 founding of the London Review of Books and was knighted in 1991 for his service to literature.
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