The Ethics of Reading: Kant, de Man, Eliot, Trollope, James, and Benjamin
- ISBN-10
- 0231063342
- ISBN-13
- 9780231063340
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 138
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987-01
- Publisher
- New York : Columbia University Press
- Author
- Joseph Hillis Miller
Description
Examines texts in which novelists read themselves, discusses the influence of reading on the reader, and explores the relationship between literature and society
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