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This book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about power on the other. In particular, Willam Keach shows how Enlightenment conceptions of the arbitrary were contested and extended in British Romantic writing. In doing so, he offers a new paradi



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Table of Contents
Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Arbitrary Power 1 2 Words Are Things 23 3 The Politics of Rhyme 46 4 Vulgar Idioms 68 5 "'A Subtler Language within Language'" 95 6 The Language of Revolutionary Violence 122 Notes 159 Index 185

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691168005, 978-0691168005
      ISBN10: 0691168008
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book explores previously unexamined links between the arbitrary as articulated in linguistic theories on the one hand, and in political discourse about power on the other. In particular, Willam Keach shows how Enlightenment conceptions of the arbitrary were contested and extended in British Romantic writing. In doing so, he offers a new paradi



      Trade Review
      "I cannot think of a critical book that I have read in recent years that has impressed me more."--Richard Cronin, Wordsworth Circle

      Table of Contents
      Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv 1 Arbitrary Power 1 2 Words Are Things 23 3 The Politics of Rhyme 46 4 Vulgar Idioms 68 5 "'A Subtler Language within Language'" 95 6 The Language of Revolutionary Violence 122 Notes 159 Index 185

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