English Fiction and the Evolution of Language, 1850-1914

Informationen zum Autor Will Abberley is a research fellow for the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, exploring concepts of natural mimicry and deception in Victorian literature and the life sciences. Klappentext Explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language, from primordial noise to modern English. Zusammenfassung Will Abberley explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language! providing a new! historical angle on current debates about language evolution and the language of science. Abberley offers fresh perspectives on authors including Thomas Hardy and H. G. Wells! and genres including utopian! historical and science fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: language under a microscope; 1. The future of language in prophetic fiction; 2. Primitive language in imperial, prehistoric and scientific romances; 3. Organic orality and the historical romance; 4. Instinctive signs: nature and culture in dialogue; Conclusion: widening the lens; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Will Abberley, Will (University of Oxford) Abberley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781107498488
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49848-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteent
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)