Author: Joan Smith
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1610848845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Esther Lowden’s country inn on the edge of Hounslow Heath benefited from the notorious highwayman called the Royal Scamp. The quality folks weren’t willing to cross the Heath at night when he was around. But Esther suspected one of her recent guests might be the highwayman, and she was determined to unmask him. Joshua Ramsay seemed too upright for such a villain, but Esther wondered… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest
The Royal Scamp
Author: Joan Smith
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1610848845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Esther Lowden’s country inn on the edge of Hounslow Heath benefited from the notorious highwayman called the Royal Scamp. The quality folks weren’t willing to cross the Heath at night when he was around. But Esther suspected one of her recent guests might be the highwayman, and she was determined to unmask him. Joshua Ramsay seemed too upright for such a villain, but Esther wondered… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1610848845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Esther Lowden’s country inn on the edge of Hounslow Heath benefited from the notorious highwayman called the Royal Scamp. The quality folks weren’t willing to cross the Heath at night when he was around. But Esther suspected one of her recent guests might be the highwayman, and she was determined to unmask him. Joshua Ramsay seemed too upright for such a villain, but Esther wondered… Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317445538
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317445538
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 904
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
The Selected Works of Eric Partridge
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317431588
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2733
Book Description
This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317431588
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2733
Book Description
This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.
A View of Society and Manners in High and Low Life
Author: George Parker
Publisher:
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Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra. to Z
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
“The” Athenaeum
Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Symbolism
Author: Florian Klaeger
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110775948
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Special Focus: "Omission", edited by Patrick Gill Throughout literary history and in many cultures, we encounter an astute use of conspicuous absences to conjure an imagined reality into a recipient’s mind. The term ‘omission’ as used in the present study, then, demarcates a common artistic phenomenon: a silence, blank, or absence, introduced against the recipient’s generic or experiential expectations, but which nonetheless frequently encapsulates the tenor of the work as a whole. Such omissions can be employed for their affective potential, when emotions represented or evoked by the text are deemed to be beyond words. They can be employed to raise epistemological questions, as when an omission marks the limits of what can be known. Ethical questions can also be approached by means of omissions, as when a character’s voice is omitted, for instance. Finally, omission always carries within it the potential to reflect on the media and genres on which it is brought to bear: as its efficacy depends on the recipient’s generic expectations, omission is frequently characterized by a high degree of meta-discursiveness. This volume investigates the various strategies with which the phenomenon of omission is employed across a range of textual forms and in different cultures to conclusively argue for its status as a highly effective and near-universal form of artistic signification.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110775948
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Special Focus: "Omission", edited by Patrick Gill Throughout literary history and in many cultures, we encounter an astute use of conspicuous absences to conjure an imagined reality into a recipient’s mind. The term ‘omission’ as used in the present study, then, demarcates a common artistic phenomenon: a silence, blank, or absence, introduced against the recipient’s generic or experiential expectations, but which nonetheless frequently encapsulates the tenor of the work as a whole. Such omissions can be employed for their affective potential, when emotions represented or evoked by the text are deemed to be beyond words. They can be employed to raise epistemological questions, as when an omission marks the limits of what can be known. Ethical questions can also be approached by means of omissions, as when a character’s voice is omitted, for instance. Finally, omission always carries within it the potential to reflect on the media and genres on which it is brought to bear: as its efficacy depends on the recipient’s generic expectations, omission is frequently characterized by a high degree of meta-discursiveness. This volume investigates the various strategies with which the phenomenon of omission is employed across a range of textual forms and in different cultures to conclusively argue for its status as a highly effective and near-universal form of artistic signification.
A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant
Author: Albert Barrère
Publisher:
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Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cant
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal
Author: John Camden Hotten
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description