Authorial Intent

Authorial Intent is the interpretive principle in Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Literature that identifies the meaning of a literary text with the author's conscious purpose or mental state in producing it, distinguishing it from reader- or text-centered theories of meaning.

224

Publications

11.6K

Citations

297

Authors

142

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

Authors

297

  1. RW
    Raymond W. Gibbs

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  2. LW
    Leonard W. Levy

    Brandeis University, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. DM
    Daniel M. Wegner

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 275 citations

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  4. NC
    Noël Carroll

    University of Limerick, Ireland

    2 publications · 82 citations

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  5. MG
    Manuel García‐Carpintero

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    2 publications · 46 citations

    2

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 448 citations

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  2. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

    8 publications · 179 citations

    8

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  3. The British Journal of Aesthetics

    5 publications · 187 citations

    5

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  4. Poetics Today

    4 publications · 82 citations

    4

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  5. American Literature

    3 publications · 42 citations

    3

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