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From the Forewordby Stanley Cavell.

From the Forewordby Stanley Cavell. Imagining an encounter between Molière’s Don Juan and J. L. Austin, between a mythical figure of the French classical theater and a twentieth-century philosopher, she explores the relation between speech and the erotic, using a literary text as the ground for a telling encounter between philosophy, linguistics, and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory.

Shoshana Felman, Stanley Cavell, Judith Butler.

The way Felman reads Austin, and reads Don Juan alongside Austin, was revelatory Other books in the series. Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics (1 - 10 of 78 books).

The way Felman reads Austin, and reads Don Juan alongside Austin, was revelatory. Just as Felman notes hersel I came to this book for the J. Austin more than the Don Juan-for the speech act theory more than the literary criticism. I don't have much of a background in French literature (Felman works primarily with Moliere's play Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue), so the section on Don Juan ("The Perversion of Promising") was, though interesting, a little tough for me to follow. Other books in the series.

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Imagining an encounter between Molière’s Don Juan and J. Austin, between a mythical figure of the . Shoshana Felman is the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Yale University.

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Shoshana Felman; Stanley Cavell; Judith Butler The Scandal of the Speaking Body: Don . Shoshana Felman; Stanley Cavell; Judith Butler. Published by Stanford University Press (2002).

ISBN 13: 9780804744539. This book remains topical as readers increasingly discover how multiply relevant the speaking body i. oving beyond the domain of formal linguistic analysis to address these questions, the author has written a daring and seductive book. Seller Inventory APC9780804744539. More information about this seller Contact this seller.

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Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics), 2002, Fishpond.