Stanley Cavell and Literary Skepticism

Download or read book Stanley Cavell and Literary Skepticism written by Michael Fischer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-04-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cavell is read avidly by students of film, television, painting, and music, but especially by students of literature, for whom he offers major readings of Thoreau. Fischer (English, U. of New Mexico) shows why Cavell's work is also of particular relevance to the controversies surrounding poststructuralist literary theory. Paper edition (0-226-25141-1) is available for $10.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR