Language, Genre, and Revolution

[...]Blake's Milton merits a chapter in its own right, though its author's shadow can be perceived throughout the narrative of Newlyn's book. [...]he explicates both text and history during these decades by means of a theory of genre, a model which invokes both Bakhtin and Foucault: &...

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Published inBunyan studies Vol. 6; no. 6; p. 93
Main Author Walker, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bunyan Studies 01.01.1995
Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
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British & Irish literature
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
English literature
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Summary:[...]Blake's Milton merits a chapter in its own right, though its author's shadow can be perceived throughout the narrative of Newlyn's book. [...]he explicates both text and history during these decades by means of a theory of genre, a model which invokes both Bakhtin and Foucault: 'Discourse and genre are not separate categories, but part of the same process' (p. 9). [...]the first part of the book charts the development of communication and publishing, the creation of the public sphere and the rise of newsbooks and pamphleteering: 'The crisis of the 1640s introduced entirely new conditions of writing, of publication, and consequently, of authorship, and many experienced the expansion of public opinion as anarchy and disorder' (p. 35). According to Luxon, whose analysis appears to be influenced by poststructural theories of language and representation as elaborated by Derrida and Foucault, reformed Christianity is 'profoundly committed to an allegorical ontology' brought about by 'the business of othering'.
ISSN:0954-0970