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...
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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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-187) and index
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Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Linguistic Theory in the Eighteenth Century; 3 Philology and Philosophical Grammar; 4 The Implications of Style; 5 The Languages of Literature; 6 Victorian Perspectives; Notes; Bibliography; Index