English Fiction and the Evolution of Language, 1850–1914
«'… Abberley's study successfully explores his central thesis without overburdening the reader with jargon and over-arguing; instead, he allows the cornucopia of texts he explores to speak for themselves.' Michael R. Page, The Review of English Studies»
Victorian science changed language from a tool into a natural phenomenon, evolving independently of its speakers. Will Abberley explores how science and fiction interacted in imagining different stories of language evolution. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781107101166
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«'… Abberley's study successfully explores his central thesis without overburdening the reader with jargon and over-arguing; instead, he allows the cornucopia of texts he explores to speak for themselves.' Michael R. Page, The Review of English Studies»
«'Abberley's book is a slim one (four chapters and 175 pages of text), but it is unusually wide-ranging and comprehensive, citing an astonishing number of novels and stories, and drawing together material from both familiar and obscure sources. Abberley packs a great deal into every paragraph: his readings are rich and condensed, and on every page he demonstrates the value of the twenty-first-century critic's awareness of the language concerns of the Victorian and Edwardian periods. This is a book to be absorbed and used.' Donald S. Hair, Victorian Studies»
«'… this is a work of admirably wide-ranging scholarship that should generate further interest in a fascinating subject and will certainly serve as a useful foundation for more specialized work in the future.' Nicholas Ruddick, Review 19 (www.nbol-19.org)»
«'English Fiction and the Evolution of Language presents scientific philological and evolutionary thinking in a lucid and accessible way, persuasively demonstrating how actively writers of fiction engaged with these discourses and grappled with resolving their contradictions. … This is a rich close investigation of the relationship between fiction and language evolution forming a valuable and worthy addition to the scholarship of nineteenth-century literature and science.' Emily Alder, Journal of Victorian Culture»