Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies After Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell - Paperback
by Toril Moi
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226464442ISBN-10:022646444XUPC:9780226464442Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Criticism, LanguageBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.1411Product ID:SCJYPA140X
This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy-a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell-to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy's unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and the world, dispel the notion of literature as a monolithic...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226464442ISBN-10:022646444XUPC:9780226464442Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Criticism, LanguageBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.1411Product ID:SCJYPA140X
Toril Moi is the James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies, with additional appointments in theater studies, English, and philosophy, at Duke University. Her books include Sexual/Textual Politics: Feminist Literary Theory and Henrik Ibsen and the Birth of Modernism: Art, Theater, Philosophy.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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