{"product_id":"romanticism-and-the-rise-of-english-9780804760256","title":"Romanticism and the Rise of English","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrew Elfenbein\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 \u003ci\u003eRomanticism and the Rise of English\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a peculiar development in contemporary literary criticism: the disappearance of the history of the English language as a relevant topic. Elfenbein argues for a return not to older modes of criticism, but to questions about the relation between literature and language that have vanished from contemporary investigation. His book is an example of a kind of work that has often been called for but rarely realized--a social philology that takes seriously the formal and institutional forces shaping the production of English. This results not only in a history of English, but also in a recovery of major events shaping English studies as a coherent discipline. This book points to new directions in literary criticism by arguing for the need to reconceptualize authorial agency in light of a broadened understanding of linguistic history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46885235720343,"sku":"9780804760256","price":13019.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780804760256.webp?v=1770246715","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/romanticism-and-the-rise-of-english-9780804760256","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}