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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... passage from Warton with approval, saying: If this be not strictly just, it is at least certain that supineness and servile imitation have prevailed to a greater degree in the description of nature, than in any other part of poetry. The ...
... passage from his book to acquaint the reader with the nature of his criticism: “The baroque theory of language, the theory of 'poetic diction', was that poetry should possess, in Gray's words, 'a language peculiar to itself'. The ...
... passage prest, Where never Fish did fly, And with short silver wings cut the low liquid Sky. For Fins do the same Office to Fish, that Wings do to Birds; and the Scripture it self gives authority to my calling the Sea the Low Sky; where ...
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Inhalt
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 |