This monograph demonstrates the theory and practice of poetological hermeneutics. Kant and Heidegger provide the foundation for a theory of literature grounded in poetology. Three analyses of works address epos, novel, and lyric, illustrating hermeneutics in practice. The author uses the hermeneutical approach to transform interpretation into an adventure filled with surprise and discovery.

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Horst Jürgen Gerigk, Universität Heidelberg.