J. Hillis Miller and the possibilities of reading literature after deconstruction Eamonn Dunne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunne, Éamonn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928-2021.

Miller, J. Hillis.

Critics--United States.

Critics.

American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American literature.

Criticism--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York Continuum 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

J. Hillis Miller is undoubtedly one of the most important literary critics of the past century. For well over five decades his work has been at the forefront of theoretical and philosophical thinking and writing. From his earliest work with Georges Poulet and the so-called Geneva School, which introduced a generation of North American critics to the concept of a phenomenological literary hermeneutic, to a deconstructive rhetorical philology and an ethically motivated textual analysis, Miller's readings have not only reflected major movements in literary theory, they have also created them. Sur

Contents:

Introduction

1. Reading as Conduct

2. Fugal Reading

3. Double Reading

4. Protocols of Reading

5. Reading Parable

6. Just Reading

Conclusion

Coda: Interview: "For the Reader to Come"

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-156) and index

ISBN:

9786612709982

9781472542526

1472542525

9781282709980

1282709984

9781441107145

1441107142

OCLC:

650305550