The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell and GoldsmithBloomsbury Publishing, 19 nov. 2015 - 384 pagini Best known for his guide on writing and recognizing good prose, Style (1955), F.L. Lucas addresses four of the most popular 18th-century English poets and writers in this book: Samuel Johnson, Lord Chesterfield, James Boswell and Oliver Goldsmith. Knowledgeably, conversationally, and often amusing, he sketches the images of men who greatly influenced 18th century England and its literary landscape. |
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Pagina iv
... STYLE BEDDOES CRABBE D. G. ROSSETTI TENNYSON FROM OLYMPUS TO THE STYX CÉCILE DOCTOR DIDO THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN THE BEAR DANCES FOUR PLAYS POEMS 1935 ARIADNE GILGAMESH HERO AND LEANDER APHRODITE A GREEK GARLAND GREEK POETRY FOR ...
... STYLE BEDDOES CRABBE D. G. ROSSETTI TENNYSON FROM OLYMPUS TO THE STYX CÉCILE DOCTOR DIDO THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN THE BEAR DANCES FOUR PLAYS POEMS 1935 ARIADNE GILGAMESH HERO AND LEANDER APHRODITE A GREEK GARLAND GREEK POETRY FOR ...
Pagina xii
... style and tone , more revealing than all their recorded actions ; which may have had a dozen possible motives , now un- knowable . The style is the man . I have chosen these characters , first , because they seem to me fascinating in ...
... style and tone , more revealing than all their recorded actions ; which may have had a dozen possible motives , now un- knowable . The style is the man . I have chosen these characters , first , because they seem to me fascinating in ...
Pagina 15
... style of a war - bled , im- poverished generation.2 For ours is an age of common men and connoisseurs ; and between them , the arts fare ill . Yet , after all , it is unreasonable to expect the arts to be always at their best . The arts ...
... style of a war - bled , im- poverished generation.2 For ours is an age of common men and connoisseurs ; and between them , the arts fare ill . Yet , after all , it is unreasonable to expect the arts to be always at their best . The arts ...
Pagina 27
... style has tarnished , his ideas have worn thin . Even among the fictitious characters of our literature there are few that we know so well as Johnson , or find so gripping , so inex- haustible . The Wife of Bath has her portion of ...
... style has tarnished , his ideas have worn thin . Even among the fictitious characters of our literature there are few that we know so well as Johnson , or find so gripping , so inex- haustible . The Wife of Bath has her portion of ...
Pagina 36
... style ( unlike the text ) , and in its contempt for ' romantick absurdity ' . This author , it proclaims , ' meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes , his crocodiles devour their prey without tears , and his cataracts fall ...
... style ( unlike the text ) , and in its contempt for ' romantick absurdity ' . This author , it proclaims , ' meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes , his crocodiles devour their prey without tears , and his cataracts fall ...
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The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1958 |
The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth Century Characters: Johnson ... Frank Laurence Lucas Vizualizare fragmente - 1961 |
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