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Fordham university press, 2009 eva antal since derrida died in 2004 a series of books has come out, commemorating the radical thinkers greatness. Hillis miller, have noted that the figure in the carpet is a fiction about fiction, a story about the. A scholarly survey of miller s readings with emphasis on several key figures recurring in miller s work. The function of literary theory at the present time 15. From the 1950s onward, miller has made invaluable contributions to our understanding of the practice and theory of literary criticism, the ethics and responsibilities of teaching and reading, and the. What is less wellknown is that he has been equally influential in conrad studies with his work on nihilism, language, and narrative. J hillis miller fiction and repetition pdf download. Living to tell about it james phelan pdf download ebook pdf. Pdf narrative methods download full pdf book download. Judgments, progressions, and the rhetorical theory of narrative 2007. Miller was important in connecting north american criticism with continental philosophical thought. For hillis, one cannot read well without lovereading is a matter of love because one must submit oneself to an uncontrollable performative force that arises when one attends to a radical recognition of difference in the text.
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