Samuel Johnson, BiographerCornell University Press, 1978 - 237 Seiten |
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Robert Folkenflik. CHAPTER 8 " A Plainer Tale " : Style In his excellent study of Johnson's prose style W. K. Wimsatt laid to rest the Macaulayan cliché that Johnson's style grew easier in old age because “ he had written little and had ...
Robert Folkenflik. CHAPTER 8 " A Plainer Tale " : Style In his excellent study of Johnson's prose style W. K. Wimsatt laid to rest the Macaulayan cliché that Johnson's style grew easier in old age because “ he had written little and had ...
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... style , that the difference in genre might have led Johnson to the choice of a different style . Yet I think that an examination of the theories of historical and biographical style which were prevalent in Johnson's day , of Johnson's ...
... style , that the difference in genre might have led Johnson to the choice of a different style . Yet I think that an examination of the theories of historical and biographical style which were prevalent in Johnson's day , of Johnson's ...
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... style is not merely " adequate " but , to use Johnson's words , " the best mode . " Johnson's distinction seems to rest on an adaptation of the well- known division of style into the genus humile ( low style ) used to teach , the genus ...
... style is not merely " adequate " but , to use Johnson's words , " the best mode . " Johnson's distinction seems to rest on an adaptation of the well- known division of style into the genus humile ( low style ) used to teach , the genus ...
Inhalt
Preface 95 | 15 |
Conclusion | 214 |
Bibliography | 221 |
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