Object Lessons explores a fundamental question about literary
realism: How can language evoke that which is not language and
render objects as real entities? Drawing on theories of reference
in the philosophy of language, Jami Bartlett examines novels by
George Meredith, William Makepeace Thackeray, Elizabeth Gaskell,
and Iris Murdoch that provide allegories of language use in their
descriptions, characters, and plots. Bartlett shows how these
authors depict the philosophical complexities of reference by
writing through and about referring terms, the names and
descriptions that allow us to "see" objects. At the same time, she
explores what it is for words to have meaning and delves into the
conditions under which a reference can be understood. Ultimately,
Object Lessons reveals not only how novels make references, but
also how they are about referring.
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