Authority and Speech

Authority and Speech Language, Society, and Self in the American Novel

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Publisher's Synopsis

Examines speech in the mainstream American novel as an arena of struggle between individual expression and social authority. The author shows how the confident verbalism of the mid-19th century gives way to scepticism about the capacity of language to articulate experience and communicate.

Book information

ISBN: 9780820315201
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.009
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 293
Weight: 612g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm