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Literature as Conduct: Speech Acts in Henry James

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Literature as Conduct: Speech Acts in Henry James - Miller, J Hillis
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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 James's fiction.

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Literature as Conduct: Speech Acts in Henry James 2005, Fordham University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823225385

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Literature as Conduct: Speech Acts in Henry James 2005, Fordham University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780823225378

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