Elfenbein, Andrew.

Romanticism and the rise of English / Andrew Elfenbein. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009. - viii, 278 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-264) and index.

Introduction : the dust of philology -- Purifying English -- Romantic syntax -- Bad Englishes -- Sounding meaning -- Sentencing Romanticism -- Afterlives : philology, elocution, composition.

9780804760256 (cloth : alk. paper) 080476025X (cloth : alk. paper)

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English language--Usage.--18th century
English language--Usage.--19th century
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
English philology--History.
Romanticism--Great Britain.

PE 1083 / .E44 2009