The Ethics of Reading

J. Hillis Miller

Published by Columbia University Press 1987

The Ethics of Reading

Kant, De Man, Eliot, Trollope, James, and Benjamin

J. Hillis Miller

https://doi.org/10.7312/mill93438

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Argues that the act of reading is an independently ethical act through an analysis of a number of passages from Kant and de Man in order to sketch out the ground of the topic and then of texts in which George Eliot, Anthony Trollope, and Henry James read themselves.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Editorial Note Publicly Available Download PDF	VI
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Chapter One: Reading Doing Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two: Reading Telling: Kant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter Three: Reading Unreadability: de Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter Four: Reading Writing: Eliot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter Five: Self Reading Self: Trollope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter Six: Re-Reading Re-Vision: James and Benjamin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
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Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 138

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Published: March 2, 1987
ISBN: 9780231893701