Tropes, Parables, and Performatives /

Tropes, Parables, Performatives collects J. Hillis Miller's essays on seven major twentieth-century authors: Lawrence, Kafka, Stevens, Williams, Woolf, Hardy, and Conrad. For all their evident differences, these essays from early to late explore a single intuition about literature, which may be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), 1928-2021 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hardy, Thomas.
Stevens, Wallace.
Williams, William Carlos, > (1883-1963) > Critique et interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph, > (1857-1924) > Critique et interpretation.
Stevens, Wallace, > (1879-1955) > Critique et interpretation.
Lawrence, David Herbert, > (1885-1930) > Critique et interpretation.
Hardy, Thomas, > (1840-1928) > Critique et interpretation.
Woolf, Virginia, > (1882-1941) > Critique et interpretation.
Geschichte (1870-1970)
Aufsatzsammlung
Literatur
Intellectual life.
English literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Englisch.
USA
English-speaking countries.
English-speaking countries > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • D.H. Lawrence: The Fox and the perspective glass
  • Franz Kafka and the metaphysics of alienation
  • Wallace Stevens' poetry of being
  • Williams' poetry of resignation
  • Thomas Hardy: a sketch for a portrait Williams' Spring and All and the progress of poetry
  • History as repetition in Thomas Hardy's poetry: the example of "Wessex Heights"
  • Parable and performative in the Gospels and in modern literature
  • Mr Carmichael and Lily Briscoe: The rhythm of creativity in To the Lighthouse
  • Thomas Hardy, Jacques Derrida, and the "Dislocation of Souls"
  • Heart of Darkness revisited
  • Topography and tropography in Thomas Hardy's "In Front of the Landscape"
  • Impossible metaphor: (Stevens' "The Red Fern" asexample)
  • When is a Primitive like an Orb?
  • Prosopopoeinia Hardy and Stevens.

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