The J. Hillis Miller Reader
- ISBN-10
- 1474473652
- ISBN-13
- 9781474473651
- Category
- Criticism
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Joseph Hillis Miller
Description
This, the first reader of Miller's work in English, is an indispensable overview and introduction to one of the most original and challenging critical voices to have emerged since the inception of the teaching of English and American literature in universities in the English-speaking world.
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