Romanticism, revolution and language, the fate of the word from Samuel Johnson to George Eliot, John Beer
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- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Literature and revolutions -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- Literature and revolutions -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Romanticism -- Great Britain
- France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Influence
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Romanticism, revolution and language, the fate of the word from Samuel Johnson to George Eliot, John Beer
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eng
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index present
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non fiction
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Romanticism, revolution and language
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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645097866
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John Beer
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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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the fate of the word from Samuel Johnson to George Eliot
Summary
The repercussions of the French Revolution included erosion of many previously held certainties in Britain, as in the rest of Europe. Even the authority of language as a cornerstone of knowledge was called into question and the founding principles of intellectual disciplines challenged, as Romantic writers developed new ways of expressing their philosophy of the imagination and the human heart. This book traces the impact of revolution on language, from William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, to William Hazlitt, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. A leading scholar in Romantic literature and theology, John Beer offers a persuasive new account of post-revolutionary continuities between the major Romantic writers and their Victorian successors.--, Provided by publisher
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