Secondary Writings on Stanley Cavell
This bibliography gathers secondary literature on Stanley Cavell's work, spanning philosophy, literary studies, and film theory. It is maintained as a resource for researchers exploring Cavell's contributions to ordinary language philosophy and beyond.
- Mulhall, Stephen. Stanley Cavell: Philosophy's Recounting of the Ordinary. Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Fischer, Michael. Stanley Cavell and Literary Skepticism. University of Chicago Press, 1989.
- Eldridge, Richard, ed. Stanley Cavell. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Hammer, Espen. Stanley Cavell: Skepticism, Subjectivity, and the Ordinary. Polity Press, 2002.
- Goodman, Russell B., ed. Contending with Stanley Cavell. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Norris, Andrew, ed. The Claim to Community: Essays on Stanley Cavell and Political Philosophy. Stanford University Press, 2006.
Ordinary Language Philosophy & Literary Studies
A selection of key works bridging ordinary language philosophy with literary criticism and theory. These resources are intended to support interdisciplinary inquiry at the intersection of the two fields.
- Cavell, Stanley. Must We Mean What We Say? Cambridge University Press, 1969; updated edition, 2002.
- Cavell, Stanley. The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy. Oxford University Press, 1979.
- Das, Veena. Life and Words: Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary. University of California Press, 2007.
- Moi, Toril. Revolution of the Ordinary: Literary Studies after Wittgenstein, Austin, and Cavell. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Fleming, Richard, and Michael Payne, eds. The Senses of Stanley Cavell. Bucknell University Press, 1989.
These bibliographies are periodically updated. Suggestions for additions are welcome via carlylane@olponline.org.