Peculiar Language: Literature As Difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce

By Derek Attridge

Book Overview

In a lively and provocative fashion, Peculiar Language addresses some of the most intractable problems implicit in discussions of the language of literature. In Derek Attridge's view, all attempts by writers, critics, and literary theorists to define such language have involved self-contradiction; literary language is both set in opposition to ordinary language and valued for its closeness to authentic speech.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801494079
• ISBN13: 9780801494079
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"