The Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century PoetryRoutledge, 08.01.2020 - 480 Seiten Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the description of nature. The language characteristic of so much of the poetry of this period had been severely criticized for a long time. But in the twenty or thirty years prior to publication some effort had been made to review the subject and the problem. However, several questions still remained unanswered, and more exhaustive analysis needed to be undertaken. This volume was an effort to provide answers for some of these questions and to begin the analysis that was required. |
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... elements, the composition of the stars, and the principles of vegetation, and their increasing knowledge pleased them for the proof it gave of a well-ordered world. The sure constancy of things was the charm of nature; it was part of ...
... elements of the stock diction of eighteenthcentury English poetry, which is immediately tested by an examination of the language of Dryden's verse. In the succeeding chapters the study endeavors to establish the relationship of these ...
... elements that seem to me to be characteristic of the diction of eighteenth-century poetry. Though these are mentioned in the first chapter I do not believe that a fuller discussion of them is required in order to support the argument of ...
... ELEMENTS OF STOCK DICTION THE APPLICATION OF NATURAL HISTORY TO POETRY THE FORMATION OF A SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE FOR NATURAL DESCRIPTION STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY V. THE INTERCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE ...
... . It has been necessary, however, to cite signatures for some volumes, and to refer to certain lexicons by the pertinent headings. CHAPTER I The Elements of Stock Diction ENGLISHstereotyped poetry language. PREFACE NOTE ON THE CITATIONS.
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STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY | |
THE INTERCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE AND POETIC DICTION | |
Illustrations from Earlier Poetry and Scientific Literature | |
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The Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry John Arthos Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
The Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-century Poetry John Arthos Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1949 |