An investigation of the elements that affect both interpretations and theories of reading. Tamen (literary theory, U. of Lisbon) is primarily interested in "problematics" that emerge from considering
A strikingly original work, Friends of Interpretable Objects re-anchors aesthetics in the object of attention even as it redefines the practice, processes, meaning, and uses of interpretation.Miguel T
What Art Is Like is a comic, serious inquiry into the nature of art. It provides welcome relief from prevailing modes of explaining art that involve definitions, philosophical claims, and critical jud
First published in 1981. This book aims to show Romanticism as a response to certain questions – in literature, art, religion, philosophy and politics – that were being asked increasingly towards the
Twelve essays overviewing the history of Portuguese literature and Portuguese literature studies are arranged in chronological order so that the possibility of a diachronic perspective on Portuguese l
