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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... phrase formation. And in order to understand their preoccupation with a stock language, the study of this poetry might begin with an analysis of certain terms which seem to be a fixed part of their vocabulary and certain rhetorical and ...
... 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 a sentence where ...
... phrase formation. Nevertheless, their repeated occurrence is an important factor in the very concept of stock diction. 3Aen. VIII. 825. 4Ibid. IX. 276. 5Ovid's Iphis and Ianthe 33. 6Georgics III. 634. 7Ibid. I. 437. 8Ibid. IV. 361 ...
... phrase order: And open let thy stacks all winterstand41 and white offer'd milk.42 Most of Dryden's Latinisms occur in his translations, and it is clear that this is due to the very nature of the work. But a few of his terms—inspire ...
... phrase formation as well. The enumeration and analysis of the forms, however, provides only the means of beginning a study of poetic diction. For it becomes immediately necessary to know the meaning of the words that are constantly ...
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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 |