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Literature as conduct : speech acts in Henry James /
The work of a master critic, this book draws on speech act theory, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in Henry James's fiction. The author shows that three modes of speech act occur in James's novels and the action of each work is brought about by its own idiosyn...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The work of a master critic, this book draws on speech act theory, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in Henry James's fiction. The author shows that three modes of speech act occur in James's novels and the action of each work is brought about by its own idiosyncratic repertoire. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 350 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-343) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823235391 0823235394 1423796500 9781423796503 9780823248124 0823248127 |