Act & Quality: A Theory of Literary Meaning and Humanistic Understanding

abstract aesthetic agent analysis argue arguments aspects assessment attitudes Austin basic behavior claims coherent competence complex concept contexts conventions correlating criteria criticism cultural Davidson define depend Derrida describe determinate discourse discussion distinctive dramatic dramatistic essay establish example explain expressive extensional fact function G.E.M. Anscombe Goodman grammar Grice Hegel hermeneutic Hirsch human idea illocutionary illocutionary act illocutionary force illocutions images imagine implicature indeterminacy inquiry intensional intention interpretation involve J. L. Austin language linguistic Literary History literary texts literary theory literature logical meaning metaphor mimetic moral nature object P. F. Strawson particular performance Phenomenology philosophical philosophy of action poem possible predicates problems procedures properties propositions purposes qualities questions readers reading recognize relation relevant self-conscious semantic sense significance simply situation specific speech acts statement structures stylistic text grammar textualist tions truth truth-functional types understand University Press utterance Wittgenstein