1st Edition
The Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry
By John Arthos
Copyright 1949
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
480 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the description of nature. The language characteristic of so much of the poetry of this period had been severely criticized for a long time. But in the twenty or thirty years prior to... Read more
Preface. Note of the Citations. 1. The Elements of Stock Diction 2. The Application of Natural History to Poetry 3. The Formation of a Scientific Language for Natural Description 4. Stability and Change in the Language of Natural Philosophy 5. The Interchange of Scientific Language and Poetic Diction. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index.
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John Arthos
