272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction examines how Victorian writers used dialogue in the presentation of characters and the relationships between them, and its contribution to the work as a whole. Quoting over a hundred novels of the period, including all the major authors, many fascinating topics are discussed. The book also looks at the conventions which governed the writing and circulation of... Read more
1. Introduction : Speech in fiction. 2. Standard and non-standard speech. 3. Dialect. 4. Register. 5. Religious speech 6. Oaths and euphemisms. 7. Speech of women and children. 8. Class and occupational speech. 9. Allusion and quotation. 10. Conventions of fiction. 11. Opinions of authors and critics. 12. Victorian fiction and Victorian reality. Glossary of linguistic terms. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
Raymond Chapman
