Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Preface xi
5. A Note on Translations and Abbreviations xvii
6. Introduction: Locating the Romantic Performative 1
7. 1. Of Promises, Contracts, and Constitutions: Speech-Act xi xvii I Philosophies and Practices in Britain, 1775-1800 23
8. 2. Kant, German Idealism, and Philosophies of Language in Action 68
9. 3. The Performative Humboldt 106
10. 4. The Performative Coleridge 144
11. 5. Subjective and Intersubjective Speech Acts in Holderlin's Work 187
12. 6. Kleist and the Fragile Performative Order of the World 240
13. 7. Godwin's Philosophy and Fiction: The Resistance to Performatives 289
14. Conclusion 329
15. Bibliography 335
16. Index 351