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1 online resource (viii, 201 pages) |
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Introduction -- Linguistic Theory in the Eighteenth Century -- Philology and Philosophical Grammar -- The Implications of Style -- The Languages of Literature -- Victorian Perspectives -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This innovative and ground-breaking study explores the complex relationship between linguistic theory and literature during the Romantic period. Several topics in eighteenth-century linguistics are discussed, and the philological interests of figures such as William Godwin, Leigh Hunt, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey are considered. However, it is William Hazlitt's writings about natural language and linguistic theory that provide the central focus, and several crucial issues are considered. In particular, Hazlitt's ambivalent response to the philosophical grammar movement and to the linguistic theorising of John Horne Tooke is revealed in its true complexity, while his views concerning the ₁familiar style₂ are provocatively reinterpreted in the context of the grammar textbook and belletristic rhetoric traditions. In addition, it is shown that Hazlitt's literary criticism was profoundly influenced by his understanding of linguistic theory, an aspect of his work that has been largely ignored in the past |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-187) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 -- Knowledge -- Philology
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| SUBJECT |
Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 fast |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- History -- 18th century
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- History -- 19th century
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Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century
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Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century
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Romanticism -- Great Britain
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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Philology
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Grammar, Comparative and general
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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Romanticism
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230228313 |
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0230228313 |
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1282277863 |
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9781282277861 |
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9786612277863 |
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6612277866 |
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