{"product_id":"genesis-of-secrecy-book-frank-kermode-9780674345256","title":"Genesis of Secrecy","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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53164339331345,"sku":"CIN0674345258G","price":7.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53258861445393,"sku":"GOR009054955","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780674345256.jpg?v=1772133531","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/genesis-of-secrecy-book-frank-kermode-9780674345256","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}