Format:
XVII, 245 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
0-8020-0562-4
Content:
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 based on principles of speech-act theory as articulated by J. L. Austin, John Searle, and Emile Benveniste
Content:
Angela Esterhammer proposes a new way of understanding the relationship between Milton and Blake, while at the same time evaluating the role of speech-act philosophy in the reading of visionary poetry and Romantic literature
Content:
Esterhammer distinguishes between the 'socio-political performative,' the speech act which is defined by a societal context and derives power from institutional authority, and the 'phenomenological performative,' language which is invested with the power to posit or create because of the individual will and consciousness of the speaker
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
1608-1674 Milton, John
;
Sprache
;
1757-1827 Blake, William
;
Sprache
URL:
http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=006681655&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
