Romanticism and the Rise of English
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Named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 Romanticism and the Rise of English addresses a peculiar development in contemporary literary criticism: the disappearance of the history of the English language as a relevant topic. Elfenbein argues for a return not to older modes of criticism, but to questions about the relation between literature and language that have vanished from contemporary investigation. His book is an example of a kind of work that has often been called for but rarely realized--a social philology that takes seriously the formal and institutional forces shaping the production of English. This results not only in a history of English, but also in a recovery of major events shaping English studies as a coherent discipline. This book points to new directions in literary criticism by arguing for the need to reconceptualize authorial agency in light of a broadened understanding of linguistic history.
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- ISBN-13: 9780804760256
- ISBN-10: 080476025X
- Publisher: Stanford University Press
- Publish Date: October 2008
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.15 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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