Romanticism and linguistic theory
Subtitle: William Hazlitt, language, and literature
By: Marcus Tomalin.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780230218338
Subjects: Hazlitt, William, -- 1778-1830 -- Knowledge -- Philology; Grammar, Comparative and general -- History -- 18th century; Grammar, Comparative and general -- History -- 19th century; Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century; Language and languages -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century; Romanticism -- Great Britain
Description: This innovative and ground-breaking study explores the complex relationship between linguistic theory and literature during the Romantic period, focusing particularly on William Hazlitt's writings about linguistic theory and also considering figures such as Leigh Hunt, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey--Cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Linguistic theory in the eighteenth century; title: Philology and philosophical grammar; title: The implications of style; title: The languages of literature; title: Victorian perspectives.