Performatively Speaking
Speech and Action in Antebellum American Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| 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.
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.
