Author: James McCorkle
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814321003
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Conversant Essays
Author: James McCorkle
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814321003
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814321003
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Dramatic Essays
Author: John Dryden
Publisher: London : J. M. Dent, [1912, reprinted 1931]
ISBN:
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: London : J. M. Dent, [1912, reprinted 1931]
ISBN:
Category : Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Bacon's Essays
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher: London : J.W. Parker
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher: London : J.W. Parker
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The English Language: Volume 1, Essays by English and American Men of Letters, 1490-1839
Author: W. F. Bolton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521042802
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This is a collection of essays about the English language by English and American men of letters, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries; that is, until the rise of formal linguistic studies. The writers represented are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English. Topics discussed include the defence of English as a literary language; the relationship with other languages; propriety in literary style; the psychological bases of speech; the relationship between words and things; usage; the need for academies and standards of correctness; the rise of lexicography; spelling reform; prescriptive grammar. These essays are the most important serious attempts to consider the language from various standpoints. Students of English in university departments will find this a convenient and comprehensive collection. It is also in itself an illustration of the development of the literary language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521042802
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This is a collection of essays about the English language by English and American men of letters, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries; that is, until the rise of formal linguistic studies. The writers represented are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English. Topics discussed include the defence of English as a literary language; the relationship with other languages; propriety in literary style; the psychological bases of speech; the relationship between words and things; usage; the need for academies and standards of correctness; the rise of lexicography; spelling reform; prescriptive grammar. These essays are the most important serious attempts to consider the language from various standpoints. Students of English in university departments will find this a convenient and comprehensive collection. It is also in itself an illustration of the development of the literary language.
The Lost Art of Conversation
Author: Horatio Sheafe Krans
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversation
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversation
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Bacon's Essays with Annotations
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Predecessors, Et Cetera
Author: Amy Clampitt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472064576
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Reflecting on her poetic predecessors and contemporaries, Amy Clampitt reveals the many connections in their craft
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472064576
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Reflecting on her poetic predecessors and contemporaries, Amy Clampitt reveals the many connections in their craft
The Tribe of John
Author: Susan M. Schultz
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817307672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Electronic Poetry Center (EPC) of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo presents selections from "Tribe of John: Ashbery and Contemporary Poetry." The book highlights the poetry of American poet and writer John Ashbery (1927- ). EPC offers the text of the introduction and afterword, as well as the table of contents.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817307672
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The Electronic Poetry Center (EPC) of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo presents selections from "Tribe of John: Ashbery and Contemporary Poetry." The book highlights the poetry of American poet and writer John Ashbery (1927- ). EPC offers the text of the introduction and afterword, as well as the table of contents.
Conversations with Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Writers
Author: Hector Avalos Torres
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826340887
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Interviews with major Chicana/o authors are the basis for this examination of the commonality of issues in the work of each of them.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826340887
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Interviews with major Chicana/o authors are the basis for this examination of the commonality of issues in the work of each of them.
Missing Measures
Author: Timothy Steele
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557281258
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Examines the departure from meter and rhyme in modern poetry and the increased use of free verse
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781557281258
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Examines the departure from meter and rhyme in modern poetry and the increased use of free verse