Peculiar Language : Literature as Difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce

Attridge, Derek

ISBN 10: 0801494079 / ISBN 13: 9780801494079

Published by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1988

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262pp. Corners bumped and gentle creasing to covers. Out of print.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peculiar Language : Literature as Difference from the Renaissance to James Joyce
• Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801494079
• ISBN 13: 9780801494079
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Theory
  • Rhetoric

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Synopsis

In a lively and provocative fashion, Peculiar Language addresses some of the most intractable problems implicit in discussions of the language of literature. In Derek Attridge's view, all attempts by writers, critics, and literary theorists to define such language have involved self-contradiction; literary language is both set in opposition to ordinary language and valued for its closeness to authentic speech.