Thinking through style : non-fiction prose of the long nineteenth century /

This ambitious and timely text reconceives style as having the capacity to clarify or generate thinking, rather than merely being something linguistic or ornamental. It surveys non-fiction prose of 20 authors of the 19th-century to reimagine the interplay between thinking, thinkers, style and stylis...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Waithe, Marcus, Hurley, Michael D. (HerausgeberIn)
Weitere Verfasser:
Waithe, Marcus (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This ambitious and timely text reconceives style as having the capacity to clarify or generate thinking, rather than merely being something linguistic or ornamental. It surveys non-fiction prose of 20 authors of the 19th-century to reimagine the interplay between thinking, thinkers, style and stylists.
Umfang:
1 online resource (374 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
ISBN:
0-19-254539-6
0-19-180127-5
0-19-105772-X
Schlagworte:
English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literary style.
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