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When Words Lose Their Meaning : Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language, Character, and Community
When Words Lose Their Meaning Constitutions and Reconstitutions of Language Character and Community
Author: James Boyd White
Through fresh readings of texts ranging from Homer's Iliad, Swift's Tale of a Tub, and Austen's Emma through the United States Constitution and McCulloch v. Maryland, James Boyd White examines the relationship between an individual mind and its language and culture as well as the "textual community" established betwee...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226895024
ISBN-10: 0226895025
Publication Date: 10/15/1985
Pages: 394
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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