Stanley Cavell and Literary Skepticism

by Michael Fischer

Book Overview

Stanley Cavell's work is distinctive not only in its importance to philosophy but also for its remarkable interdisciplinary range. Cavell is read avidly by students of film, photography, painting, and music, but especially by students of literature, for whom Cavell offers major readings of Thoreau, Emerson, Shakespeare, and others. In this first book-length study of Cavell's writings, Michael Fischer examines Cavell's relevance to the controversies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226251411
• ISBN13: 9780226251417
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"