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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... native language; yet in the present day it is not to be supposed, that a youth can think in Latin, or that he can have any other reliance on the force or fitness of his phrases, but the authority of the writer from whence he has adopted ...
... native element, or that the element of air is their primary constituent. But considering that this word also modifies elm,58 doves,59 cloud,60 and mountain,61 the reader might ordinarily be content to allow it the least precise meaning ...
... Native English forms are almost the exception, and it hardly seems worth while to list very many native terms since they may be matched by similar compounds in numerous fields of writing. Some illustration, however, may be called for ...
... native to the thing described. Very often, more than indicating the appearance of a thing, it defines the nature of a thing. The present participle is employed in this way in many other fields, but I think its use in the writing of ...
... native speech. The conflict was long, and the result was, finally, a kind of compromise whereby the syntax of the vernacular and the terminology of the classic languages became the accepted means of expression for scientific workers.
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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 |