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American literary critic, university professor (1928-2021)

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Joseph Hillis Miller Jr. was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction.

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Joseph Hillis Miller Jr. was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction. He was part of the Yale School along with scholars including Paul de Man, Jacques Derrida, and Geoffrey Hartman, who advocated deconstruction as an analytical means by which the relationship between literary text and the associated meaning could be analyzed. Through his career, Miller was associated with the Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, and University of California, Irvine, and wrote over 50 books studying a wide range of American and British literature using principles of deconstruction.

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Lived 1928 to 2021 · aged 92
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