Literature As Conduct [electronic resource] : Speech Acts in Henry James
Miller, J.Hillis.
New York : Fordham University Press,
2005.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""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""
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.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
James, Henry, 1843-1916
Conduct of life in literature.
James, Henry, -- 1843-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Oral communication in literature.
Speech acts (Linguistics).
Speech in literature.
Speech in literature
Oral communication in literature
Conduct of life in literature
Speech acts (Linguistics)
American Literature
English
Languages & Literatures