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Book SynopsisTo take the measure of literary writing, The Deed of Reading convenes diverse philosophic commentary on the linguistics of literature, with stress on the complementary work of Stanley Cavell and Giorgio Agamben.
Trade ReviewThis is a brilliant work and it certainly repays close attention, the reader will be dazzled by Stewart's verbal dance. But it is also a difficult work written by a man with a strong sense of nuance and complexity, dwelling frequently on syllepsis and the subtleties of metalinguistics, poetics, and rhetoric. All of this requires a lot from the reader, and those who are not specialists may not have the patience for it.
-- R. White * Choice *
Table of ContentsFore Word
Part I. Toward a Formative Poetics
1. Induction
2. Secondary Vocality
3. Errands of the Ear
Part II. The Prosaics of Potential
4. Imp-aired Words
5. Splitting the Difference
6. Talking Room
After Wording
Notes
Index
