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This book explores a fundamental question about literary realism: how can language evoke that which is not language and render objects as real entities? Drawing on theories of reference in the philosophy of language, Jami Bartlett examines novels by George Meredith, William Makepeace Thackeray, Eliz...
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The University of Chicago Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Chicago : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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This book explores a fundamental question about literary realism: how can language evoke that which is not language and render objects as real entities? Drawing on theories of reference in the philosophy of language, Jami Bartlett examines novels by George Meredith, William Makepeace Thackeray, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Iris Murdoch that provide allegories of language use in their descriptions, characters, and plots. The author shows how these authors depict the philosophical complexities of reference by writing through and about referring terms, the names and descriptions that allow us to "see" objects. At the same time, she explores what it is for words to have meaning and delves into the conditions under which a reference can be understood. Ultimately, the book reveals not only how novels make reference, but also how they are about referring.--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 195 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-183) and index. |
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9780226369655 (hardcover) : 022636965X (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PR821 |
| CLC: | I561.074 |
| Call Number: | I561.074/B289 |
| Contents: | Meredith & ends -- Throwing things in Thackeray -- Gaskell's lost objects -- Murdoch and the monolith. |