Speaking and Language

1972 book by Paul Goodman

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

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The author, c. 1969

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

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1. ^ Nicely 1979.

## Further reading

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* 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. ProQuest 476169867.
* Green, Martin (January 25, 1973). "The Liberation Man". The Guardian. London. p. 11\. ISSN 0261-3077. ProQuest 185658574.
* 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. ProQuest 1295816703.
* 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.

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* Full text at the Internet Archive

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