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UNINA9910817274003321 |
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Autore |
Miller J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), <1928-2021.> |
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Titolo |
Literature As Conduct [[electronic resource] ] : Speech Acts in Henry James |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-3539-4 |
0-8232-4812-7 |
0-8232-2539-9 |
1-4237-9650-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conduct of life in literature |
James, Henry, -- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation |
Oral communication in literature |
Speech acts (Linguistics) |
Speech in literature |
American Literature |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Primary Text and Abbrevations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: History, Narrative, Responsibility: ""The Aspern Papers""""; ""Chapter 2: The Story of a Kiss: Isabelà‚€?s Decisions in The Portrait of a Lady""; ""Chapter 3: Unworked and Unavowable: Community in The Awkward Age""; ""Chapter 4: Lying against Death: The Wings of the Dove""; ""Chapter 5: ""Conscious Perjury"": Declarations of Ignorance in The Golden Bowl""; ""Chapter 6: The ""Quasi-Turn-of-Screw Effect,"" or How to Raise a Ghost with Words: The Sense of the Past""; ""Notes"" |
""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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