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Arbitrary Power: Romanticism, Language, Politics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Arbitrary Power: Romanticism, Language, Politics
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Keach
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| Series | Literature in History |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691168005
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| Classifications | Dewey:820.9007 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 July 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
This book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about power on the other. In particular, Willam Keach shows how Enlightenment conceptions of the arbitrary were contested and extended in British Romantic writing. In doing so, he offers a new paradi
Author Biography
William Keach is Professor of English at Brown University. He is the author of Shelley's Style and the editor of Coleridge: The Complete Poems.
Reviews"I cannot think of a critical book that I have read in recent years that has impressed me more."--Richard Cronin, Wordsworth Circle
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