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The language of atoms : performativity and politics in Lucretius' De rerum natura / W. H. Shearin.

Author/creator Shearin, W. H.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxiii, 210 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Classical Studies
Subject(s)
Contents Speech acts in Epicureanism -- Lucretian promises : fides, foedus, and the politics of nature -- Antonomasia, anonymity, and atoms: naming effects in De rerum natura -- Catachrestic origins : speech acts and the politics of the performative.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014010918
ISBN9780190202422 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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