{"product_id":"provocations-to-reading-j-hillis-miller-and-the-democracy-to-come-9780823224326","title":"Provocations to Reading: J. Hillis Miller and the Democracy to Come","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a marker of the \"state of theory\" today. Its rich array of wideranging essays explores the dimensions and implications of the work of J. Hillis Miller, one of the most eminent literary scholars in America. For nearly half a century, Miller has been known for his close and imaginative engagement with the implications of European philosophical thought and for his passionate advocacy of close reading. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuilding on this intellectual legacy, the contributors instantiate and extend the practice and ethics of sustained close reading that is Miller's hallmark. The book culminates in a moving piece by Jacques Derrida, Miller's close friend of forty years, who engages Miller's readings of Gerard Manley Hopkins in a historic encounter between French philosophy and American reading practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA provocation to reading for new generations of students and teachers, these essays offer important resources for grasping the question of language in historical perspective and in contemporary life--a task essential for any democratic future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.92w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823224326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Cohen is Director of the HumaniTech at the the University of California, Irvine. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMaterial Events: Paul de Man and the Afterlife of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDragan Kujundzic is Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Florida. Among his publications is \u003ci\u003eThe Returns of History: Russian Nietzscheans after Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41142774104179,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":63.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6eb33047-ad95-4b05-b22a-6dcb66c4a700.jpg?v=1701878728","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/provocations-to-reading-j-hillis-miller-and-the-democracy-to-come-9780823224326","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}