Carey McIntosh

The Evolution of English Prose, 1700 1800

Style, Politeness, and Print Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the change in English prose from strong oral influence to a new emphasis on formality and precision.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780521624329
• ISBN-10: 0521624320
• Artikelnr.: 21701933

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The ordering of English
2. Literacy and politeness: the gentrification of English prose
3. Testing the model
4. Loose and periodic sentences
5. Lofty language and low
6. Nominal and oral styles: Johnson and Richardson
7. The new rhetoric of 1748-93
8. The instruments of literacy
9. Politeness
feminisation
10. Style and rhetoric
Epilogue - language change.

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Preface; 1. The ordering of English; 2. Literacy and politeness: the gentrification of English prose; 3. Testing the model; 4. Loose and periodic sentences; 5. Lofty language and low; 6. Nominal and oral styles: Johnson and Richardson; 7. The new rhetoric of 1748-93; 8. The instruments of literacy; 9. Politeness; feminisation; 10. Style and rhetoric; Epilogue - language change.

Rezensionen

'The Evolution of English Prose launches and sustains its major claims with unfailing lucidity. McIntosh expertly attends to the shift in 'the primary textures of prose' as they both register and influence the new ideal. His comprehensive map derives from precise topographical studies ... is especially persuasive as an interpreter of grammars and dictionaries, which did so much to promote the new ideologies of decorum. In an academic climate that encourages blinkered polemics, McIntosh embraces multiple fields, perspectives and methodologies. The Evolution of English Prose deserves a wide readership.' The Times Literary Supplement