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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928-2021
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2005.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
Speech in literature.
Oral communication in literature.
Conduct of life in literature.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Parole dans la littérature.
Communication orale dans la littérature.
Morale pratique dans la littérature.
Actes de parole.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Conduct of life in literature
Oral communication in literature
Speech in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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: 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.

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