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. Ed(S): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela - Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture - 9780802098030 - V9780802098030
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Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture

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Description for Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture hardcover. Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. Editor(s): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.

With contributions from leading Romanticist scholars who draw on literary history, performance studies, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology, Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. These essays consider cultural phenomena such as elocution and political oratory, newspaper journalism, public mourning, the function of gesture and clothing in theatre - even a long-distance walking contest. They examine the problematic relationships among action, agency, and language in a variety of cultural institutions and media from the era.

Exploring aspects of public speaking and body language, these essays propose that understanding the culture and institutions ... Read more

Presenting a boldly multifaceted portrait of Romantic culture, Spheres of Action is essential reading for Romanticists, historians, and scholars with interests in language and performance.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802098030
SKU
V9780802098030
Shipping Time
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99-1

About . Ed(S): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela
Alexander Dick is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia. Angela Esterhammer is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Zurich, and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario.

Reviews for Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture
Spheres of Action is a series of superb, high powered essays on Romantici-era 'speech' and 'performance' as manifesting the materiality of action in contemporary society.
Gary Farnell, Literature & History, vol 19:01:10

Goodreads reviews for Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture


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