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

Author/creator Shearin, W. H. author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxiii, 210 pages ; 25 cm
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 and index.
LCCN 2014010918
ISBN9780190202422 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0190202424 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PA6495 .S54 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold