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Victorian Poetry As Cultural Critique: The Politics of Performative Language (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
E. Warwick Slinn
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Hardcover. In recent cultural studies, poetry has become something of a neglected genre. Warwick Slinn seeks to reverse that trend and argues that a fundamental continuity between the meaning of a poetic trope and the social function of language can be established through speech act theory. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; CF; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
In recent cultural studies, poetry has become something of a neglected genre. Warwick Slinn seeks to reverse that trend and argues that a fundamental continuity between the meaning of a poetic trope and the social function of language can be established through speech act theory - specifically through the linguistically based model of performativity. This volume discusses five Victorian poems in order to show how their display of language enacts a cultural critique, examining the conditions and realization of social and political discourses. Slinn begins by distinguishing the main conceptual strands of performativity and then explains how each poem dramatizes ... Read more
In recent cultural studies, poetry has become something of a neglected genre. Warwick Slinn seeks to reverse that trend and argues that a fundamental continuity between the meaning of a poetic trope and the social function of language can be established through speech act theory - specifically through the linguistically based model of performativity. This volume discusses five Victorian poems in order to show how their display of language enacts a cultural critique, examining the conditions and realization of social and political discourses. Slinn begins by distinguishing the main conceptual strands of performativity and then explains how each poem dramatizes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921662
SKU
V9780813921662
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About E. Warwick Slinn
E. Warwick Slinn, Associate Professor in the School of English and Media Studies, Massey University, New Zealand, is the author of Browning and the Fictions of Identity and The Discourse of Self in Victorian Poetry (Virginia).
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