Essays on Style and Language: Linguistic and Critical Approaches to Literary StyleRoger Fowler |
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... words but verbal . In one sense , of course , the words are of the utmost importance ; if they are not the right words or if we do not grasp them , we do not grasp the poem . In another sense , they are the least important elements in ...
... words but verbal . In one sense , of course , the words are of the utmost importance ; if they are not the right words or if we do not grasp them , we do not grasp the poem . In another sense , they are the least important elements in ...
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... words of this kind is the occurrence of heirloom objects in archaeological contexts . These may be found on the floor of a level later than that at which they were made , and their form and ornament may not be relatable to that of their ...
... words of this kind is the occurrence of heirloom objects in archaeological contexts . These may be found on the floor of a level later than that at which they were made , and their form and ornament may not be relatable to that of their ...
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... words in literature increases the need for individual effort on the reader's part it also increases the possibility of individual difference of response . However frequent a word's occurrences may have been in the eighteenth century ...
... words in literature increases the need for individual effort on the reader's part it also increases the possibility of individual difference of response . However frequent a word's occurrences may have been in the eighteenth century ...
Contents
THE NEW CRITICISM AND THE LAN | 29 |
BY ALGEBRA TO AUGUSTANISM | 53 |
TAKING A POEM TO PIECES | 68 |
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