Imagining Language in America : From the Revolution to the Civil War
1992, 1st edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405917
ISBN: 0691068828
Physical description: 270 p., 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-233) and index. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works -- Introduction: The Study of Language and the American Renaissance -- Chapter One. "NOW is the Time, and This is the Country": How Noah Webster Invented American English -- Chapter Two. "A Fine Ambiguity": Longfellow, Language, and Literary History -- Chapter Three. "A Tongue According": Whitman and the Literature of Language Study -- Chapter Four. Consensus through Ambiguity: Why Language Matters to The Federalist -- Chapter Five. Language in a "Christian Commonwealth": Horace Bushnell’s Cultural Criticism -- Chapter Six. Beyond Symbolism: Philosophy of Language in The Scarlet Letter -- Conclusion: From Logocracy to Renaissance -- Notes -- Index. Subjects: 1800-1899; American literature 19th century; History and criticism; English language Study and teaching United States History 19th century; English language United States Historiography; Language and languages in literature; American literature; 19th century History and criticism; English language Historiography; Linguistic Theories.
Price: €21.95