Creating states : studies in the performative language of John Milton and William Blake /

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Although the concept of the performative has influenced literary theory in numerous ways, this book represents one of the first full-length studies of performative language in literary texts. Creating States examines the visionary poetry of John Milton and William Blake, using a critical approach ba...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Esterhammer, Angela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Language.
Blake, William, > 1757-1827 > Language.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Langue.
Blake, William, > 1757-1827 > Langue.
Blake, William, > 1757-1827
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
Milton, John.
Blake, William.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Style.
English poetry > History and criticism.
English language > Versification.
Visions in literature.
Performative (Philosophy)
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue) > Versification.
Visions dans la littérature.
Performatif (Philosophie)
Actes de parole.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language > Early modern > Style
English language > Versification
English poetry
Language and languages
Visions in literature
Sprache
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Words, Worlds, Acts, and Visions
  • 1. Performative Language and Visionary Poetry
  • 2. Speech Acts and World-Creation
  • 3. The Language of Inspiration in Milton's Prose
  • 4. Paradise Lost: The Creation of Poetry and the Poetry of Creation
  • 5. The Circumference of Vision: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
  • 6. Binding the Infinite: Blake's Brief Epics
  • 7. Blake's Jerusalem: Statements and States.

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