Speech Acts and Literary Theory by Sandy Petrey

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Speech Acts and Literary Theory by Sandy Petrey

This book, first published in 1990, combines an introduction to speech-act theory as developed by J. L. Austin with a survey of critical essays that have adapted Austin's thought for literary analysis. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and literary theory.
Petrey, Sandy: - Sandy Petrey is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University. He is the author of Realism and Revolution: Balzac, Stendhal, Zola, and the Performances of History (also from Cornell) and Speech Acts and Literary Theory.
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ISBN 13 9781138689749
ISBN 10 1138689742
Title Speech Acts and Literary Theory
Author Sandy Petrey
Series Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2018-01-09
Number of pages 186
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