Arbitrary Power: Romanticism, Language, Politics (Literature in History) - Tapa dura

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William Keach is Professor of English at Brown University. He is the author of "Shelley's Style" and the editor of "Coleridge: The Complete Poems".

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"William Keach has long been recognized as one of our best readers of Romantic poetry, and in this excellent book he attunes his readings to political resonances as well. He finds his way around a poem like few other critics I can think of, and he also finds the wherewithal to report on his mental travels in terms that claim originality without idiosyncrasy."--James Chandler, University of Chicago, author ofEngland in 1819 and Wordworth's Second Nature: A Study of the Poetry and Politics

"This book offers a new synthesis between linguistic and political approaches to British Romantic poetry. It reflects very thorough research and close attention to many important authors from this period and responds judiciously to a broad range of contemporary literary criticism. William Keach is especially to be commended for his clear and thorough command of a body of linguistic theory that ranges from Locke to Saussure, following in the footsteps of Hans Aarsleff--a body of work that is absolutely essential to any understanding of Romantic speculation about language, yet all-too-little consulted by recent critics. Bringing together all of these sources of information,Arbitrary Power will be regarded as compelling, and in many respects definitive, by its readers."--James C. McKusick, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author ofGreen Writing: Romanticism and Ecology

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"William Keach has long been recognized as one of our best readers of Romantic poetry, and in this excellent book he attunes his readings to political resonances as well. He finds his way around a poem like few other critics I can think of, and he also finds the wherewithal to report on his mental travels in terms that claim originality without idiosyncrasy."--James Chandler, University of Chicago, author ofEngland in 1819 and Wordworth's Second Nature: A Study of the Poetry and Politics

"This book offers a new synthesis between linguistic and political approaches to British Romantic poetry. It reflects very thorough research and close attention to many important authors from this period and responds judiciously to a broad range of contemporary literary criticism. William Keach is especially to be commended for his clear and thorough command of a body of linguistic theory that ranges from Locke to Saussure, following in the footsteps of Hans Aarsleff--a body of work that is absolutely essential to any understanding of Romantic speculation about language, yet all-too-little consulted by recent critics. Bringing together all of these sources of information,Arbitrary Power will be regarded as compelling, and in many respects definitive, by its readers."--James C. McKusick, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author ofGreen Writing: Romanticism and Ecology