A Rhetoric for a Formation of Intention

Marshaling current research in philosophy, psychology, theology, and linguistics, Heidt's challenging study focuses on the rhetorical process of intentionality as it is represented in literature. Offering a new, multi-disciplinary approach to the question, Heidt searches texts for linguistic/rhetorical elements independent of reader and author yet supporting intentional truths. The first part of the argument locates the question within contemporary biological, philosophical, psychological, an…