Meaning and Interpretation. Wittgenstein, Henry James, and Literary Knowledge PDF
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Meaning & Interpretation Meanin&g Interpretation WittgensHteenirynJ ,a mes, andL iterKanryo wledge G. L. HAGBERG Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. Copyright © 1994 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850, or visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. First published 1994 by Cornell University Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hagberg, Garry, 1952– Meaning and interpretation : Wittgenstein, Henry James, and literary knowledge / G.L. Hagberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-2926-2 (cloth) — ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-2696-5 (pbk.) 1.James, Henry, 1843–1916—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Fiction— History and criticism—Theory, etc. 3. Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889–1951. 4.Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. 5. Meaning (Philosophy) in literature. I. Title. 2124.H34 1994 121'.68'092—dc20 93-36146 The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ To the memory of my father ! J Contents -� Acknowledg;ments IX Introduction I Language-Games and Artistic Styles 9 The Concept of a Language-Game rn Linguistic and Artistic Microcosms I 7 Style, Coherence, and Artistic Limits 24 2 Forms of Life and Artistic Practices 45 The Concept of a Form of Life 46 Gesture, Ritual, and Artistic "Spirit" 59 Meaning and Artistic Uses 69 3 Circumstances of Significance 84 "The Author of Beltraffio" 84 Descriptions In Situ 89 Tone and Gestural Expression 95 v111 Contents 4 Aspects of Interpretation "The Lesson of the Master" r o5 Against Reductionism 129 "The Figure in the Carpet" r 39 5 Interpretation and Philosophical Method 149 "The Tree of Knowledge" r 5 r Epistemological Fiction r 5 7 Literary Interpretation and Philosophical Investigation r 69 Index � Acknowledgments I initially drafted much of what follows at Cambridge Univer sity, where I presented parts of the work in progress to various seminars and meetings. I thank everyone with whom I dis cussed this project as it developed, especially John MacKinnon, Hugh Mellor, Alex Neill, Robert Stern, and George Watson. I also thank Colin Lyas and Michael Tanner, whose detailed commentary on an earlier draft sharpened the focus of the entire project. Most of all, I thank Renford Bambrough, who allowed me to present sections of this book to his seminars and read and commented extensively on each part as it developed as well as on the entire manuscript. I cannot overstate the philosophical benefit I derived from those many meetings and conversations, and the careful reader will see throughout the extent to which my work refers to his. I also thank a great many people and institutions on this side of the Atlantic, including, at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, William Mahar, head of the Humanities Divi sion, and Howard Sachs, dean for Research and Graduate Stud ies (both of whom put many resources at my disposal); the Research Initiation Grant Program and the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies, both of which supported the work with fellowships; and a few individuals who stand out from a
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