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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... examples from the poets of antiquity and the early Christian period, and it did not seem necessary to provide more than token evidence from the literature of the Continent in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (but for reasons ...
... example, than from Lucan, because their influence was more important. I have cited Du Bartas very fully, though not ... examples from that period itself. It seemed to me that a list of the poetic uses of this form was not necessary ...
... example. Studying abroad on a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship from Harvard, I was especially helped by Professor Mario Casella, of the University of Florence, and Mr. W. H. Robinson, the Librarian of the Royal Society. And I must merely ...
... example, when the phrase shining sword was first used, there was probably some compelling reason for the epithet. But the phrase belongs to stock diction, not merely because it is frequently used, but because it is sometimes employed in ...
... examples. A fourth characteristic of what Quayle calls stock diction is the use of certain favorite words. For example, Dryden and many another poet relied constantly on such words as care (museful care),14 genial (genial bed),15 kind ...
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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 |