Classical Influences on English ProseAllen & Unwin, 1956 - 303 pàgines Study of the influence of Greek and Latin literature in the style and structure of English prose of all types. |
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... Livy but from North's trans- lation of Plutarch , saw that , and his version , though written in his later manner , is nevertheless simpler and so more appropriate than Livy's . There was a time when all the body's members Rebell'd ...
... Livy but from North's trans- lation of Plutarch , saw that , and his version , though written in his later manner , is nevertheless simpler and so more appropriate than Livy's . There was a time when all the body's members Rebell'd ...
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... Livy . But while he has made it more picturesque , it can hardly be said that he has made it clearer . Clearness is not so important to Livy as effectiveness . So he labours to make as striking as possible the contrast between the huge ...
... Livy . But while he has made it more picturesque , it can hardly be said that he has made it clearer . Clearness is not so important to Livy as effectiveness . So he labours to make as striking as possible the contrast between the huge ...
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... Livy . Nor can it be maintained that Livy alone among the ancients is pictorial in his writing ; some of them have a more vivid touch than himself . But in their case such touches are occasional ; Livy is pictorial or nothing . This ...
... Livy . Nor can it be maintained that Livy alone among the ancients is pictorial in his writing ; some of them have a more vivid touch than himself . But in their case such touches are occasional ; Livy is pictorial or nothing . This ...
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Simple Narrative Page | 1 |
The Mature Narrative Style | 20 |
Rhetorical Narrative | 28 |
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Referències a aquest llibre
A Quantitative Approach to the Style of Jonathan Swift Louis Tonko Milic Visualització de fragments - 1967 |
Middle English Prose Style: Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich, Volum 36 Robert Karl Stone Visualització de fragments - 1970 |