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Literature as Conduct: Speech Acts in Henry James
Literature as Conduct Speech Acts in Henry James
Author: J. Hillis Miller
The work of a master critic writing at the peak of his powers, this magisterial book draws on speech act theory, as it originated with J. L. Austin and was further developed by Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in James?s fiction.Three modes of speech act occur in James?s novels. First...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780823225385
ISBN-10: 0823225380
Publication Date: 10/1/2005
Pages: 366
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Publisher: Fordham University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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