Responding to a new interest in thematic studies, the volume features essays by some of the leading scholars from the United States and Europe. In honor of Hors

Themes play a central role in our everyday communication: we have to know what a text is about in order to understand it. Intended meaning cannot be understood

The various contributions to this volume converge on two themes. First, the explanatory role of social interaction, which, for a long time, has been a source of

This book is about intersections among science, philosophy, and literature. It bridges the gap between the traditional “cultures” of science and the humanit

The essay reads an Enlightened and modern critique of progress in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. With numerous references to other operas and texts, and with a storyl