Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin by Peter Fenves

Arresting Language: From Leibniz to Benjamin

Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics

Peter Fenves

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Speech act theory has taught us "how to do things with words." Arresting Language turns its attention in the opposite direction--toward the surprising things that language can undo and leave undone. In the eight essays of this volume, arresting la...

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