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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Pàgina 5
... tell is straightforward he can tell it almost in the Herodotean style ; almost but not quite , for the audience ( and of course the dialect ) is different . So there is a touch SIMPLE NARRATIVE S.
... tell is straightforward he can tell it almost in the Herodotean style ; almost but not quite , for the audience ( and of course the dialect ) is different . So there is a touch SIMPLE NARRATIVE S.
Pàgina 53
... tell a story against himself . This gives his anecdote an appearance of modernity , since it is a modern , perhaps a specially English and American , character- istic to tell a story against oneself . However , Cicero is always more ...
... tell a story against himself . This gives his anecdote an appearance of modernity , since it is a modern , perhaps a specially English and American , character- istic to tell a story against oneself . However , Cicero is always more ...
Pàgina 90
... tell me , Agamemnon , what was the question debated in your speech today ? Me , I don't go in for stating cases in public , but for home use I'm a bit of a scholard . And if you think I turn up my nose at study , let me tell you I've ...
... tell me , Agamemnon , what was the question debated in your speech today ? Me , I don't go in for stating cases in public , but for home use I'm a bit of a scholard . And if you think I turn up my nose at study , let me tell you I've ...
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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 |