Validity In Interpretation

“Professor Hirsch demonstrates convincingly that objectivity is attainable in humane studies, and that it is not identified with the subject but with the evidence. A valid interpretation is not necessarily a correct one, but one which is more probable than any other on the basis of existing evidence. He makes a subtle and important distinction between a text's 'meaning' (which does not change) and its 'significance' (which does), and brilliantly relates meaning to understanding (the necessary preliminary to interpretation) and interpretation to explanation… In short, this is a work which future students of literary theory cannot afford to neglect." — “Notes and Queries”

Published 1967.

Binding of book is tight. Front cover of book is creased and torn at top edge. Marks of wear on spine and on back cover. Some foxing and shelfwear around edges of book. Line drawn in marker on bottom edge. Hinges of spine fragile. Annotations and highlighting, throughout book. Pages in very good condition.