On Difficulty: And Other Essays
β Steiner, George
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2013
π Open Road Media
π English
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On Difficulty : And Other Essays
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- Open Road Media
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- 2013
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- English
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A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George SteinerOn Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the meaning of meaning, inward speech to the relationship between erotic sensibility and linguistic convention, these eight essays Read more...
Abstract: A distinguished collection of essays on language, literature, and philosophy from acclaimed scholar and critic George SteinerOn Difficulty is as provocative and relevant today as when its essays were first published. Ranging from critical topics such as the understanding of language to the meaning of meaning, inward speech to the relationship between erotic sensibility and linguistic convention, these eight essays posit myriad topics for exploration and dialogue. George Steiner deals with considerations that are simultaneously literary and philosophical, exploring themes of linguistic privacy
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1 Text and Context (1976)
2 On Difficulty (1978)
3 Language and Psychoanalysis (1976)
4 The Distribution of Discourse (1978)
5 Eros and Idiom (1975)
6 Whorf, Chomsky, and the Student of Literature (1974)
7 Dante Now: The Gossip of Eternity (1976)
8 After the Book? (1972)
Index of proper names
About the Author
Copyright Page.
β¦ Subjects
Discourse analysis. Psycholinguistics. Philology, Modern. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric. REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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