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J. Hillis Miller is undoubtedly one of the most important literary critics of the past century. For well over five decades his work has been at the forefront of theoretical and philosophical thinking and writing. From his earliest work with Georges Poulet and the so-called Geneva School, which introduced a generation of North American critics to the concept of a phenomenological literary hermeneutic, to a deconstructive rhetorical philology and an ethically motivated textual analysis, Miller's readings have not only reflected major movements in literary theory, they have also created them. Surprisingly, Eamonn Dunne'sJ. Hillis Miller and the Possibilities of Reading is the first book devoted exlusively to examining Miller's work Dunne argues that an appreciation of Miller is crucial to an informed understanding about the radical changes occurring in critical thinking in the humanities in recent years. This book, the first of its kind, will be a vital and enabling avenue for further research into J. Hillis Miller's exemplary and prolific output.
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"…Dunnes book unfolds between fascination and research. Its achievement is to have sustained and suspended the one by the other, to have let each hold open the future of the other. As a result, the future of the J.H. Miller studies has never looked so bright." - Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California
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Table of Contents
Introduction1. Reading as Conduct2. Fugal Reading3. Double Reading4. Protocols of Reading5. Reading Parable6. Just ReadingConclusionCoda: Interview: "For the Reader to Come"Bibliography