Speech Acts

by Laura McCullough

Poetry. At first glance, Laura McCullough's collection, SPEECH ACTS--borrowing its title from the branch of linguistics interested in the nature and intention of artifacts of language and their effect in communication--may seem overly sensational, the surface subject matter at times blatantly sexual, but on closer interrogation, McCullough is attempting to strip away the obfuscations of language(s), the barriers between genders, the difficulties of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098263644X
• ISBN13: 9780982636442
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"