'juridical' in Literary Theory: An Introduction

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relating to judicial proceedings and the administration of the law

To secure the meaning of a work for all time, rescuing it from the ravages of history, criticism has to police its potentially anarchic details, hemming them back with the compound of 'typical' meaning. Its stance towards the text is authoritarian and juridical

—p.68 Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory (54) by Terry Eagleton

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Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

juridical (en)

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton