English Studies Today, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1961 - English language The 1st series consists of papers read at the International Conference of University Professors of English held at magdalen college in 1950; 2d- series consists of lectures and papers read at the 4th- conferences of the International Association of University Professors of English held in 1959- |
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... example of such ex- pansion is Whitman's use of ' grass ' , which becomes the " flag " of the poet's disposition , the " handkerchief " of God , " a uniform hieroglyphic " , and the " babe of ... vegetation " , the " smallest sprout ...
... example of such ex- pansion is Whitman's use of ' grass ' , which becomes the " flag " of the poet's disposition , the " handkerchief " of God , " a uniform hieroglyphic " , and the " babe of ... vegetation " , the " smallest sprout ...
Page 295
... example , the feeling that the verb - the core of the predicate — should stand in the second place when an adjective or adverb ( whether word , phrase or clause ) precedes , is pro- bably not so strong among English - speaking people as ...
... example , the feeling that the verb - the core of the predicate — should stand in the second place when an adjective or adverb ( whether word , phrase or clause ) precedes , is pro- bably not so strong among English - speaking people as ...
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... example : ( IVc ) “ It is curious that the two ladies who have won the greatest reputations as letter writers should present so complete a contrast [ : ] Lady Mary was the least feminine of women , and Madame de Sévigné was the most ...
... example : ( IVc ) “ It is curious that the two ladies who have won the greatest reputations as letter writers should present so complete a contrast [ : ] Lady Mary was the least feminine of women , and Madame de Sévigné was the most ...
Contents
Switzerland and the EnglishSpeaking World | 13 |
The Style of Criticism | 29 |
The Novelist and the Narrator | 43 |
Copyright | |
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