This innovative and ground-breaking study explores the complex relationship between linguistic theory and literature during the Romantic period, focusing particularly on William Hazlitt's writings about linguistic theory and also considering figures such as Leigh Hunt, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey.
Format: Paperback / softbackCONTRIBUTORS: M. TomalinEAN: 9781349304295COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 279 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2009-01-01CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th CenturyWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Europe, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Linguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
'...splendid and illuminating.' - Carol Percy, Oxford Journals
MARCUS TOMALIN is a Fellow of Downing College and an Affiliated Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research focuses upon literature and linguistic theory during the Romantic period, as well as missionary linguistics and the development of syntactic theory. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (2006).
This innovative and ground-breaking study explores the complex relationship between linguistic theory and literature during the Romantic period, focusing particularly on William Hazlitt's writings about linguistic theory and also considering figures such as Leigh Hunt, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey.
Format: Paperback / softbackCONTRIBUTORS: M. TomalinEAN: 9781349304295COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 279 gHEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave MacmillanDATE PUBLISHED: 2009-01-01CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th CenturyWIDTH: 140 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Europe, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Linguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
MARCUS TOMALIN is a Fellow of Downing College and an Affiliated Lecturer in English at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research focuses upon literature and linguistic theory during the Romantic period, as well as missionary linguistics and the development of syntactic theory. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (2006).
