The Ethics of Reading : : Kant, De Man, Eliot, Trollope, James, and Benjamin / / J. Hillis Miller.

Through an examination of the philosophy of Kant and de Man, as well as writings from Henry James, George Eliot, and Anthony Trollope on the topic of reading, this study argues that there is a necessary ethical moment in the act of reading that is neither cognitive, nor political, nor social, nor in...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]
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Utgivningsår:1987
Språk:English
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Chapter One: Reading Doing Reading --
Chapter Two: Reading Telling: Kant --
Chapter Three: Reading Unreadability: de Man --
Chapter Four: Reading Writing: Eliot --
Chapter Five: Self Reading Self: Trollope --
Chapter Six: Re-Reading Re-Vision: James and Benjamin --
Notes --
Index
Sammanfattning:Through an examination of the philosophy of Kant and de Man, as well as writings from Henry James, George Eliot, and Anthony Trollope on the topic of reading, this study argues that there is a necessary ethical moment in the act of reading that is neither cognitive, nor political, nor social, nor interpersonal, but properly and independently ethical.
Materialtyp:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231881760
DOI:10.7312/mill91042
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: J. Hillis Miller.