Romanticism, revolution and language: the fate of the word from samuel johnson to george eliot
Auteur :
Beer, John
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107412620
Date de publication :
3 janv. 2013
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
340 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A leading scholar in Romantic literature and theology, John Beer offers a persuasive new account of post-revolutionary continuities between the major Romantic writers and their Victorian successors. This book traces the impact of revolution on language, from Blake, Coleridge and Wordsworth, to Hazlitt, Austen, Gaskell and George Eliot.