Performatively Speaking

Speech and Action in Antebellum American Literature

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
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Author: Debra J. Rosenthal ISBN: 9780813936987
Publisher: University of Virginia Press Publication: May 12, 2015
Imprint: University of Virginia Press Language: English
Author: Debra J. Rosenthal
ISBN: 9780813936987
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication: May 12, 2015
Imprint: University of Virginia Press
Language: English

Drawing on speech act theory as an approach to antebellum American fiction by Melville, Hawthorne, Stowe, and others, Debra Rosenthal calls for a rethinking of the intersection of speech and action in this literature to show how words not only represent action but also constitute it.

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Drawing on speech act theory as an approach to antebellum American fiction by Melville, Hawthorne, Stowe, and others, Debra Rosenthal calls for a rethinking of the intersection of speech and action in this literature to show how words not only represent action but also constitute it.

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