Hawthorne and History by J Hillis Miller

Hawthorne and History by J Hillis Miller

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The author shows, through a close reading of Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil", how a text can offer unsolicited answers and reveal its linguistic ruses to close scrutiny and how such a reading can bear on contemporary debates in literature.

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Hawthorne and History by J Hillis Miller

The author shows, through a close reading of Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil", how a text can offer unsolicited answers and reveal its linguistic ruses to close scrutiny and how such a reading can bear on contemporary debates about canon formation, the university curriculum and the place of literary studies in the late 20th century. The book includes an interview with the author, an increasingly prominent figure in American critical theory.
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ISBN 13 9780631175612
ISBN 10 063117561X
Title Hawthorne and History
Author J Hillis Miller
Series Bucknell Lectures In Literary Theory
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1991-01-10
Number of pages 160
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