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The articles in this collection focus attention on the concept of literature and the concepts of a literary work and a literary text. Adopting an analytic approach, the articles attempt to clarify how these concepts govern our thinking about the phenomenon of literature in various ways, exploring the issues that arise when these concepts are employed as theoretical instruments for describing and analyzing the phenomenon of literature.
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From Text to Literature New Analytic and Pragmatic Approaches Edited by Stein Haugom Olsen and Anders Pettersson From Text to Literature Also by Stein Haugom Olsen THE STRUCTURE OF LITERARY UNDERSTANDING THE END OF LITERARY THEORY TRUTH, FICTION, AND LITERATURE: A PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE (with Peter Lamarque) AESTHETICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART: THE ANALYTIC TRADITION (co-editor with Peter Lamarque) SELF-FASHIONING AND METAMORPHOSIS IN ENGLISH RENAISSANCE LITERATURE (co-editor with Olav Lausund ) Also by Anders Pettersson REALISM SOM TERMINOLOGISKT PROBLEM. NÅGRA DEFINITIONER I MODERN LITTERATURVETENSKAP OCH DERAS GILTIGHET VERKBEGREPPET. EN LITTERATURTEORETISK UNDERSÖKNING A THEORY OF LITERARY DISCOURSE VERBAL ART. A PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY EXPERIENCE LITTERATUR OCH VERKLIGHETSFÖRSTÅELSE. IDÉMÄSSIGA ASPEKTER AV 1900-TALETS LITTERATUR (co-editor with Torsten Pettersson and Anders Tyrberg) TYPES OF INTERPRETATION IN THE AESTHETIC DISCIPLINES (co-editor with Staffan Carlshamre) From Text to Literature New Analytic and Pragmatic Approaches Edited by Stein Haugom Olsen and Anders Pettersson Editorial matter, selection, Introduction, Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 © Stein Haugom Olsen and Anders Pettersson 2005 All remaining chapters © Palgrave Macmillan 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–1–4039–9332–8 hardback ISBN-10: 1–4039–9332–7 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Text and experience : new analytic and pragmatic approaches to the study of literature / edited by Stein Haugom Olsen and Anders Pettersson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–9332–7 (hard.) 1. Literature – Philosophy. I. Olsen, Stein Haugom, 1946– II. Pettersson, Anders, 1946– PN49.T4435 2005 801 – dc22 2005042909 10 9 8 7 14 13 12 11 6 10 5 09 4 08 3 2 07 06 1 05 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham and Eastbourne