Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies After Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell

by Toril Moi

This radically original book argues for the power of ordinary language philosophy--a tradition inaugurated by Ludwig Wittgenstein and J. L. Austin, and extended by Stanley Cavell--to transform literary studies. In engaging and lucid prose, Toril Moi demonstrates this philosophy's unique ability to lay bare the connections between words and the world, dispel the notion of literature as a monolithic concept, and teach readers how to learn from a literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022646444X
• ISBN13: 9780226464442
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"