Get this item
Borrow or obtain a copy
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Named Person: | Henry David Thoreau; Henry David Thoreau |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael West |
| ISBN: | 0821413244 9780821413241 |
| OCLC Number: | 43334158 |
| Description: | xxiv, 518 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Spellers, punsters, and spread-eagle linguistics -- Enlightened Europeans, romantic Americans: origins of our transcendental quest for the language of nature -- Parsing the language of nature -- Antebellum America goes gaga over grammar -- Copyrighting etymological ecstasy -- Thoreau and the life of words -- The ironic drift in Antebellum language philosophy -- Go slow: man thinking -- Wordplay, romantic irony, and the forms of Antebellum fiction -- Savoring the wiles of words -- Whitman's experiments with language -- Thoreau and the sounds of silence -- Walden's antic dialectic between self and society -- Scatology and eschatology: the heroic dimensions of Thoreau's wordplay. |
| Responsibility: | Michael West. |
Reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Transcendental wordplay : America's romantic punsters and the search for the language of nature".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(20)
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Puns and punning in literature.
- Thoreau, Henry David, -- 1817-1862 -- Knowledge -- Language and languages.
- American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
- English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
- English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric.
- Transcendentalism (New England)
- Romanticism -- United States.
- Nature in literature.
- Plays on words.
- Thoreau, Henry David, -- 1817-1862 -- Et les mots d'esprit et les jeux de mots.
- Littérature américaine -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots dans la littérature.
- Humour américain -- Histoire et critique.
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Rhétorique.
- Anglais (Langue) -- 19e siècle -- Rhétorique.
- Transcendantalisme (Philosophie américaine)
- Romantisme -- États-Unis.
- Nature dans la littérature.
- Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots.