02338nam 2200409 450 991042093560332120230621140818.0989-26-1958-7(CKB)4100000011515767(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/41398(EXLCZ)99410000001151576720201027c2020uuuu uu 0enguubu#---uu|uutxtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierThe ordeals of interpretation /Maria Sequeira MendesCoimbra University Press2020Portugal :Coimbra University Press,20201 online resource (340 pages) digital, PDF file(s)InvestigaçãoPrint version: 9789892619576 Includes bibliographical references.Ordeals of Interpretation analyzes medieval ordeals, the reading of data in the polygraph and some methods of torture, while reading texts like Hamlet and Macbeth. This book describes the ambition for a touchstone that demonstrates the veracity, or authenticity, of certain entities. Note that touchstone - basanos - was a term used to denominate the stone with which the quality of gold was tested in commercial contexts, but which also designated the idea of testing, torture and torturing. For the interpreters mentioned in this book, the touchstone, which can be an object, a person or a test, would have the ability to help us distinguish friends from enemies, to identify the quality of some verses and to illuminate the truth. It is argued, however, that the ability to make precise judgements derives from a technical understanding of interpretation led by skilful individuals, noting that the ability to discover "the truth" depends on each examiner's skill, intuition, ability to learn a specific method or technique, to detect errors and ask questions (important qualities in the activity of a literary critic).HamletordealMacbethtortureInterpretationpolygraphMendes Maria Sequeira940265UkMaJRUBOOK9910420935603321The ordeals of interpretation2120280UNINA