Autorschaft und Interpretation. Methodische Grundlagen einer philologischen Hermeneutik

by Carlos Spoerhase

The focus of this study is provided by the concept of authorship and its significance for the interpretation of literary texts. After reviewing various, at times controversial, conceptions of author  and authorship, the study develops the thesis that the concept of author performs a decisive function in the historical positioning of a literary work, and that the recourse to the author is necessary whenever the conformity of literary texts to a norm plays a role in the hermeneutic process.

556 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007