The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Kermode, Frank - 2006-12-23

Harvard University Press, 2006. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard University Press, 2006. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harvard University Press, 2006. Paperback. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Harvard University Press, 2006-12-23. paperback. Used: Good.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. Paperback. viii-xii, 2-163p., later printing. wraps, cover wrap worn and bumped, else in good condition. "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… Read More

Harvard University Press, 1982 Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xv, 169 pp. .

Harvard University Press, 2006-12-23. paperback. Used:Good.

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Harvard Univ Pr, 1979. Paperback. New. 182 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.