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Literature as conduct : speech acts in Henry James

Title
  1. Literature as conduct : speech acts in Henry James / J. Hillis Miller.
Published by
  1. New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.
Author
  1. Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928-2021.

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Description
  1. xiii, 350 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  1. Oral communication in literature
  2. James, Henry, 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation
  3. Conduct of life in literature
  4. Speech in literature
  5. Speech acts (Linguistics)
Contents
  1. History, narrative, responsibility: "The Aspern papers" -- The story of a kiss: Isabel's decisions in The portrait of a lady -- Unworked and unavowable: community in The awkward age -- Lying against death in The wings of the dove -- "Conscious perjury": declarations of ignorance in The golden bowl -- The "quasi-turn-of-screw effect," or how to raise a ghost with words: the sense of the past.
Call number
  1. JFE 05-11531
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index.
Author
  1. Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928-2021.
Title
  1. Literature as conduct : speech acts in Henry James / J. Hillis Miller.
Imprint
  1. New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.
Edition
  1. 1st ed.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-343) and index.
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  1. Table of contents
LCCN
  1. 2005015743
ISBN
  1. 0823225372 (hardcover)
  2. 0823225380 (pbk.)
Research call number
  1. JFE 05-11531
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