Literature As Conduct [[electronic resource] ] : Speech Acts in Henry James

• Autore: Miller J. Hillis (Joseph Hillis), <1928-2021.>
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.4
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Primary Text and Abbrevations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: History, Narrative, Responsibility: ""The Aspern Papers""""; ""Chapter 2: The Story of a Kiss: Isabelâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Literature As Conduct
• ISBN: 0-8232-3539-4; 0-8232-4812-7; 0-8232-2539-9; 1-4237-9650-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817274003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II