LEADER 04695nam 2200757 450 001 9910456797003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8918-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689183 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019358 035 $a(EBL)3268282 035 $a(OCoLC)923772226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478845 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291972 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478845 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453348 035 $a(PQKB)10972008 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430860 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268282 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672678 035 $a(DE-B1597)465297 035 $a(OCoLC)1013939092 035 $a(OCoLC)944176527 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672678 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258334 035 $a(OCoLC)958565643 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019358 100 $a20160923h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSpheres of action $espeech and performance in Romantic culture /$fedited by Alexander Dick and Angela Esterhammer 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$d©2009 215 $a1 online resource (315 p.) 311 $a0-8020-9803-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction: Romantic Spheres of Action / $rEsterhammer, Angela / Dick, Alexander -- $tPART 1. Public Speaking -- $t1. Re-sounding Romanticism: John Thelwall and the Science and Practice of Elocution / $rThompson, Judith -- $t2. Coleridge the Lecturer, A Disappearing Act / $rZimmerman, Sarah M. -- $t3. Wordsworth's Lament / $rDick, Alexander -- $t4. Blasphemy Trials and The Cenci: Parody as Performative / $rMyers, Victoria -- $t5. A Race of Devils: Frankenstein, Romanticism, and the Tragedy of Human Origin / $rOort, Richard Van -- $tPART 2. Body Language -- $t6. Telling Lies with Body Language / $rBurwick, Frederick -- $t7. Cross-Dressing and the Performance of Gender in Romantic-Period Comic Plays by Women / $rPurinton, Marjean D. -- $t8. Fox's Tears: The Staging of Liquid Politics / $rO'Quinn, Daniel -- $t9. Citational Cosmopolitics: Staël, Byron, and the Foreignizing Effect of Cultural Translation / $rLambier, Joshua -- $t10. Captain Barclay's Performance: Decoding Pedestrianism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain / $rCrochunis, Thomas C. -- $tWorks Cited -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aWith contributions from leading Romanticist scholars who draw on literary history, performance studies, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology, Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. These essays consider cultural phenomena such as elocution and political oratory, newspaper journalism, public mourning, the function of gesture and clothing in theatre - even a long-distance walking contest. They examine the problematic relationships among action, agency, and language in a variety of cultural institutions and media from the era. Exploring aspects of public speaking and body language, these essays propose that understanding the culture and institutions of the Romantic period requires nuanced approaches to performance and agency. The collection also studies the ways in which the Romantics discovered both the potency and limitations of performativity. Presenting a boldly multifaceted portrait of Romantic culture, Spheres of Action is essential reading for Romanticists, historians, and scholars with interests in language and performance. 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLanguage and languages in literature 606 $aRomanticism$zGreat Britain 606 $aSpeech acts (Linguistics) 606 $aPerformative (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLanguage and languages in literature. 615 0$aRomanticism 615 0$aSpeech acts (Linguistics) 615 0$aPerformative (Philosophy) 676 $a820.9/145 702 $aEsterhammer$b Angela 702 $aDick$b Alexander John$f1970- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456797003321 996 $aSpheres of action$92055559 997 $aUNINA