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 Jamesas fiction.Three modes of speech act occur in Jamesas
novels. First, Jamesas writing of his fictions is performative. He
puts on paper words that have the power to raise in the reader the
phantoms of imaginary persons. Second, Jamesas writing does things
with words that do other things in their turn, including conferring
on the reader responsibility for further judgment and action: for
example, teaching Jamesas novels or writing about them. Finally,
the narrators and characters in Jamesas fictions utter speech acts
that are forms of doing things with wordsa promises, declarations,
excuses, denials, acts of bearing witness, lies, decisions publicly
attested, and the like. The action of each work by James, he shows,
is brought about by its own idiosyncratic repertoire of speech
acts.In careful readings of six major examples, aThe Aspern Papers,
a The Portrait of a Lady, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove,
The Golden Bowl, and The Sense of the Past, Miller demonstrates the
value of speech act theory for reading literature. J. Hillis Miller
is UCI Distinguished Research Professor at the University of
California at Irvine. One of the most recent many books is Speech
Acts in Literature.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
