Creating States: Studies in the Performative Language of John Milton and William Blake

by Angela Esterhammer

Book Overview

Although the concept of the performative has influenced literary theory in numerous ways, this book represents one of the first full-length studies of performative language in literary texts. Creating States examines the visionary poetry of John Milton and William Blake, using a critical approach based on principles of speech-act theory as articulated by J.L. Austin, John Searle, and Emile Benveniste. Angela Esterhammer proposes a new way of understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442614943
• ISBN13: 9781442614949
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"