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Object Lessons: The Novel as a Theory of Reference

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Description for Object Lessons: The Novel as a Theory of Reference Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Object Lessons explores a fundamental question about literary realism: How can language evoke that which is not language and render objects as real entities? Drawing on theories of reference in the philosophy of language, Jami Bartlett examines novels by George Meredith, William Makepeace Thackeray, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Iris Murdoch that provide allegories of language use in their descriptions, characters, and plots. Bartlett shows how these authors depict the philosophical complexities of reference by writing through and about referring terms, the names and descriptions that allow us to see objects. At the same time, she explores what it is ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226369655
SKU
V9780226369655
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-13

About Jami Bartlett
Jami Bartlett is associate professor of English at the University of California, Irvine.

Reviews for Object Lessons: The Novel as a Theory of Reference
Object Lessons is fascinating and powerfully argued. Bartlett s understanding of contemporary work on reference is impeccable, and she uses the theory of the novel to articulate new insights into the nature of reference itself. This book carves out an important possibility for putting philosophy and literary studies in touch with one another.
John Gibson, University of Louisville ... Read more

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