Bringing Out D. A. Miller

Abstract

My title sounds like the equivalent of "Barging Through an Open Door." But "bringing out" is not exactly the same as "outing." One can "bring out one's latest book" (publication), or "bring out the turkey dinner" (serving a meal), or "bring out the best in our students" (education)--or combine the last two, as in the mayonnaise ad, "Bring out the Hellmann's, and bring out the best." In fact, if "outing" means revealing what was previously concealed, "bringing out" cannot be such a simple (logically, anyway) one-shot process. One can never be sure something has been sufficiently "brought out." In other words, it has everything to do with style.