02696nam 2200673Ia 450 991078867830332120230802002351.00-8232-4208-01-283-58049-70-8232-4207-297866138929420-8232-4628-0(CKB)3240000000065536(EBL)3239619(OCoLC)801405952(SSID)ssj0000600766(PQKBManifestationID)11344575(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600766(PQKBWorkID)10602354(PQKB)10984465(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092898(MiAaPQ)EBC3239619(OCoLC)830023878(MdBmJHUP)muse14135(MiAaPQ)EBC976989(Au-PeEL)EBL3239619(CaPaEBR)ebr10539035(CaONFJC)MIL389294(MiAaPQ)EBC4704473(Au-PeEL)EBL4704473(EXLCZ)99324000000006553620120214d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLoaded words[electronic resource] /Marjorie GarberNew York Fordham University Press20121 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8232-4205-6 0-8232-4204-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Loaded words -- Mad lib -- A tale of three Hamlets; or, repetition and revenge -- Shakespeare in slow motion -- The Shakespeare brand -- Translating F. O. Matthiessen -- Good to think with -- The marvel of Peru -- Third-person interruption -- Our genius problem -- Dig it: looking for fame in all the wrong places -- Anatomy of a honey trap -- The gypsy scholar and the scholar gypsy -- Radical education -- After the humanities.This collection explores language and argues that all words are inescapably loaded - that is, highly charged, explosive, substantial, intoxicating, fruitful, and overbrimming - and that such loading is what makes language matter. The author casts her eye over terms from knowledge, belief, madness, interruption, genius, and celebrity to the humanities, general education, and academia.English languageEtymologyStyle, LiteraryEnglish languageEtymology.Style, Literary.422Garber Marjorie B155358MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788678303321Loaded words3752625UNINA