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These 2 essays demonstrate that, beyond example's rich genealogy in the rhetorical tradition, it involves issues that are central to current theories of meaning and ethics in literature and philosophy.

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Introduction Alexander Gelley 1. Take the Bible for example Daniel Boyarin 2. Example versus Historia Stephen G. Nichols 3. Circe's drink and sorbonnic wine John D. Lyons 4. The discourse of example Louis Marin 5. Fables of responsibility Thomas Keenan 6. The pragmatics of exemplary narrative Alexander Gelley 7. Parabolic exemplarity J. Hillis Miller 8. 'The Beauty of Failure' Ewa Ziarek 9. Exemplarity and the origins of legislation Irene E. Harvey 10. Kant's examples David Lloyd 11. The force of example Cathy Caruth 12. Of the eye and the law Herman Rapaport.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780804724005, 978-0804724005
      ISBN10: 0804724008
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      These 2 essays demonstrate that, beyond example's rich genealogy in the rhetorical tradition, it involves issues that are central to current theories of meaning and ethics in literature and philosophy.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Alexander Gelley 1. Take the Bible for example Daniel Boyarin 2. Example versus Historia Stephen G. Nichols 3. Circe's drink and sorbonnic wine John D. Lyons 4. The discourse of example Louis Marin 5. Fables of responsibility Thomas Keenan 6. The pragmatics of exemplary narrative Alexander Gelley 7. Parabolic exemplarity J. Hillis Miller 8. 'The Beauty of Failure' Ewa Ziarek 9. Exemplarity and the origins of legislation Irene E. Harvey 10. Kant's examples David Lloyd 11. The force of example Cathy Caruth 12. Of the eye and the law Herman Rapaport.

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