The Foundational Essays
Doctrines, theories, and applications establishing the early framework. The volume develops presence, absence, aesthetic displacement, and the ethics of critical language.
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Status: Published book, Volume I; first edition, 2025
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Doctrines, theories, and applications establishing the early framework of Post-Interpretive Criticism, including presence, absence, aesthetic displacement, and the ethics of critical language.
Research question: How should criticism account for the encounter with an artwork and the responsibilities of interpretation?
Approach and sources: Theoretical and doctrinal essays, preserved as the initial formulation of the framework.
Contribution: Establishes vocabulary and arguments that the current research programmes develop and critically revisit.
Scope and limits: An early foundational volume. Its declarative formulations should be read with their historical context and alongside the institute’s continuing investigations.
Related research programmes
- Intellectual History and Conceptual Development: Earlier foundation examined by this programme.
- Phenomenological Methods and Diagnostic Reading: Earlier theoretical foundation for methodological investigation.
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Original edition: First edition, 2025.
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Dorian Vale. Post-Interpretive Criticism: Volume I - The Foundational Essays. 2025. Museum of One Press. ISBN 978-1-0698203-0-3. https://www.museumofone.art/publication-foundational-essays/
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- Form: Volume I
- Series: Post-Interpretive Criticism
- Edition: First edition, 2025
- ISBN: 978-1-0698203-0-3
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