A selection of 11 presentations from a seminar on phenomenology and hermeneutics held at Marquette University since 2002 explore a range of issues and a variety of methods in the two areas of philosophy. Among their topics are the genesis of the Heideggerian interrogation on the origin of the work of art, a phenomenological reading of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and speaking to the world through Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)