{"product_id":"creating-states-studies-in-the-performative-language-of-john-milton-and-william-blake-paperback","title":"Creating States: Studies in the Performative Language of John Milton and William Blake - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela Esterhammer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the concept of the performative has influenced literary theory in numerous ways, this book represents one of the first full-length studies of performative language in literary texts. \u003cem\u003eCreating States\u003c\/em\u003e examines the visionary poetry of John Milton and William Blake, using a critical approach based on principles of speech-act theory as articulated by J.L. Austin, John Searle, and Emile Benveniste. Angela Esterhammer proposes a new way of understanding the relationship between these two poets, while at the same time evaluating the role of speech-act philosophy in the reading of visionary poetry and Romantic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsterhammer distinguishes between the 'sociopolitical performative, ' the speech act which is defined by a societal context and derives power from institutional authority, and the  phenomenological performative, ' language which is invested with the power to posit or create because of the individual will and consciousness of the speaker. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalysing texts such as \u003cem\u003eThe Reason of Church-Government\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e, Esterhammer traces the parallel evolution of Milton and Blake from writers of political and anti-prelatical tracts to poets who, having failed in their attempts to alter historical circumstances through a direct address to their contemporaries, reaffirm their faith in individual visionary consciousness and the creative word - while continuing to use the forms of a socially or politically performative language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Esterhammer\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Zurich, and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 245\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45828755456197,"sku":"9781442614949","price":78.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/2P95WyaTZv9781442614949.webp?v=1783210680","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/creating-states-studies-in-the-performative-language-of-john-milton-and-william-blake-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}