{"product_id":"creating-states-2","title":"Creating States","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough the concept of the performative has influenced literary theory in numerous ways, this book represents one of the first full-length studies of performative language in literary texts. \u003cem\u003eCreating States\u003c\/em\u003e examines the visionary poetry of John Milton and William Blake, using a critical approach based on principles of speech-act theory as articulated by J.L. Austin, John Searle, and Emile Benveniste. Angela Esterhammer proposes a new way of understanding the relationship between these two poets, while at the same time evaluating the role of speech-act philosophy in the reading of visionary poetry and Romantic literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEsterhammer distinguishes between the 'sociopolitical performative,' the speech act which is defined by a societal context and derives power from institutional authority, and the `phenomenological performative,' language which is invested with the power to posit or create because of the individual will and consciousness of the speaker. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysing texts such as \u003cem\u003eThe Reason of Church-Government\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e, Esterhammer traces the parallel evolution of Milton and Blake from writers of political and anti-prelatical tracts to poets who, having failed in their attempts to alter historical circumstances through a direct address to their contemporaries, reaffirm their faith in individual visionary consciousness and the creative word - while continuing to use the forms of a socially or politically performative language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Angela Esterhammer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575844569270,"sku":"9781442673571","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442673571_9b63b670-cd87-4a49-8949-dfcff1981f2c.jpg?v=1727466933","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/creating-states-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}