{"product_id":"the-genesis-of-secrecy-frank-kermode-9780674345355","title":"The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing 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 texts in relation to their context in a writer's work and a tradition; considers the special interpretative problems of historical narration; and tries to relate the activities of the interpreter to interpretation more broadly conceived as a means of living in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile discussing the gospels, Mr. Kermode touches upon such literary works as Kafka's parables, Joyce's \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry James's novels, and Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eCrying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e. By showing the relationships between religious interpretation and literary criticism, he has enhanced both fields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Kermode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674345355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674345355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.15w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2010 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/09\/2011 pg. 34","brand":"Frank Kermode","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946908582143,"sku":"9780674345355","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2e571c52-a94a-4f5c-9698-68a833f8e524.jpg?v=1681515704","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-genesis-of-secrecy-frank-kermode-9780674345355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}