Peculiar Language

Literature as Difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce

Bibliographic Data

ID4375165
AuthorsGeert Lernout, Derek Attridge
Year1991
Volume12
Issue1
Pages181
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePoetics Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1772988
OpenAlexW2061287256
LanguageEN
Citations received10

First published in 1988, Peculiar Language is now established as one of the most important discussions of the language of literature. This thought-provoking book challenges traditional notions of literary criticism, arguing that all attempts by writers, critics and literary theorists to define the language of literature have involved self-contradiction. Through examination of key moments in literary history, Derek Attridge demonstrates that such contradictions in accounts of literary language are embedded in our cultural concept of 'literature' and asserts that in order to appreciate the forces that determine the limits of literary language, we must look beyond the realm of the 'literary' and embrace the wider political and social sphere. Re-issued as a result of sustained critical interest in the book, this edition includes a new preface by the author

Art · Art history · Linguistics · Literature · The Renaissance · Irish and British Studies · History · Philosophy

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