Romanticism, Revolution and Language - The Fate of the Word From Samuel Johnson to George Eliot

Klappentext A examination of the continuities between Romantic and Victorian authors from a highly respected senior scholar of Romanticism. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'Democracy' in Somerset and beyond; 2. Politics, sensibility and the adequacy of language; 3. The heart of Lyrical Ballads; 4. The Prelude: a poem in process; 5. Words or images? Blake's representation of history; 6. Blake, Coleridge, and 'The Riddle of the World'; 7. Challenges from the non-verbal and return to the word; 8. The nature of Hazlitt's taste; 9. Jane Austen's progress; 10. Languages of memory and passion: Tennyson, Gaskell and the Brontës; 11. George Eliot and the future of language; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Beer, John (University of Cambridge) Beer, Beer John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2013
• EAN: 9781107412620
• ISBN: 978-1-107-41262-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; History, English, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800