Speaking and Language
 First edition | |
| Author | Paul Goodman |
|---|---|
| Subject | Social criticism |
| Published | January 1972 (Random House) |
| Pages | 242 |
Speaking and Language: Defence of Poetry is a book of criticism by Paul Goodman that blames academic, structured approaches to linguistics for diminishing the role of creativity and spontaneity in speaking and human nature.
Publication[edit]
Random House first published the book's hardcover cloth edition in January 1972, though the official publication date had listed November 1971. A paperback edition by Vintage Books followed in August 1972. Speaking and Language released in the United Kingdom in 1973.[1]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Barnard, Roger (February 1, 1973). "Goodman Observed". New Society. Vol. 23, no. 539. pp. 251–252. ISSN 0028-6729. ProQuest 1307085609.
- Borklund, Elmer (1977). "Paul Goodman". Contemporary Literary Critics. Contemporary Writers of the English Language. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 226–231. ISBN 978-0-333-22667-4.
- Butterfield, Herbie (July 27, 1973). "The Conservative Anarchist (Rev. of Speaking and Language)". The Times Literary Supplement (3725): 874. ISSN 0307-661X.
- Chapman, Robert L. (January 15, 1972). "Rev. of Speaking and Language". The Saturday Review. Vol. 55. pp. 44–45. ISSN 0036-4983.
- D., C. (June 10, 1973). "Guardian of Language". The Observer. London. p. 36. ISSN 0029-7712 – via ProQuest.
- Green, Martin (January 25, 1973). "The Liberation Man". The Guardian. London. p. 11. ISSN 0261-3077 – via ProQuest.
- Letwin, Shirley Robin (March 3, 1973). "Shirley Robin Letwin on the hero of the Beat Generation (Book Review)". The Spectator. Vol. 230, no. 7549. pp. 266–267. ISSN 0038-6952 – via ProQuest.
- Lipsius, Frank (May 1973). "Rev. of Speaking and Language". Books and Bookmen. 18: 58–59. ISSN 0006-744X – via Book Review Index.
- Merideth, Robert (April 3, 1972). "Venus Will Now Say a Few Words (Rev. of Speaking and Language)". The Nation. 214 (14): 437. ISSN 0027-8378.
- Nicely, Tom (1979). "906 Speaking and Language". Adam and His Work: A Bibliography of Sources by and about Paul Goodman (1911–1972). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 978-0-8108-1219-2. OCLC 4832535.
- Said, Edward W. (February 20, 1972). "A Good Man against Theories (Rev. of Speaking and Language by Paul Goodman)". The New York Times. p. BR21. ISSN 0362-4331.
- "Rev. of Speaking and Language". New Leader. 55: 15–. January 10, 1972. ISSN 0028-6044 – via Book Review Index.
- "Rev. of Speaking and Language". National Review. Vol. 24. March 17, 1972. pp. 290–. ISSN 0028-0038 – via Book Review Index.
- True, Michael (1975). "The New Poetics: Giggling into Paradise". CrossCurrents. 24 (4): 521–524. ISSN 0011-1953. JSTOR 24457909.
External links[edit]
- Full text at the Internet Archive
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