Creating States - Studies in the Performative Language of John Milton and William Blake

A study of the language of visionary poetry, making use of the principles of speech-act philosophy to analyze the creative properties of utterance from the Bible to the work of Milton and Blake.

About the author

Angela Esterhammer is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Zurich, and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario.

Summary

A study of the language of visionary poetry, making use of the principles of speech-act philosophy to analyze the creative properties of utterance from the Bible to the work of Milton and Blake.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Esterhammer
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.1994
• EAN: 9780802005625
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-0562-5
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 530 g
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies