This book is a marker of the astate of theorya today. Its rich
array of wideranging essays explores the dimensions and
implications of the work of J. Hillis Miller, one of the most
eminent literary scholars in America. For nearly half a century,
Miller has been known for his close and imaginative engagement with
the implications of European philosophical thought and for his
passionate advocacy of close reading.Building on this intellectual
legacy, the contributors instantiate and extend the practice and
ethics of sustained close reading that is Milleras hallmark. The
book culminates in a moving piece by Jacques Derrida, Milleras
close friend of forty years, who engages Milleras readings of
Gerard Manley Hopkins in a historic encounter between French
philosophy and American reading practices.A provocation to reading
for new generations of students and teachers, these essays offer
important resources for grasping the question of language in
historical perspective and in contemporary lifeaa task essential
for any democratic future. Barbara Cohen is Director of HumaniTech
at the University of California, Irvine. She is co-editor of
Material Events: Paul de Man and the Afterlife of Theory. Dragan
Kujunzic is Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature and
Director of Russian Studies at the University of California,
Irvine. Among his publications is The Returns of History: Russian
Nietzscheans after Modernity.
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