Introduction to the Study of English Literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 21
... speech and speech habits too . But language , although it evolved in the course of pre - history as a set of human habits , presently went through the processes of growth , dispersal , decay , renewal , death and rebirth . Words that ...
... speech and speech habits too . But language , although it evolved in the course of pre - history as a set of human habits , presently went through the processes of growth , dispersal , decay , renewal , death and rebirth . Words that ...
Page 22
... speech . Wyld says that ' standard speech ' is the language spoken all over the country within certain social boundaries : Daniel Jones defines it as the speech of the families of Southern England whose men - folk have been educated at ...
... speech . Wyld says that ' standard speech ' is the language spoken all over the country within certain social boundaries : Daniel Jones defines it as the speech of the families of Southern England whose men - folk have been educated at ...
Page 260
... speech " , Gibbon's " Style is the image of character " , Schopenhauer's " Style is the physiognomy of the mind " , and Longinus ' “ Elevation of style is the echo of a great soul " are among the notable affirmations that connect with ...
... speech " , Gibbon's " Style is the image of character " , Schopenhauer's " Style is the physiognomy of the mind " , and Longinus ' “ Elevation of style is the echo of a great soul " are among the notable affirmations that connect with ...
Contents
THE MAKING OF LITERATURE AND THe | 3 |
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | 21 |
BACKGROUNDS CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN | 42 |
Copyright | |
9 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Introduction to the Study of English Literature Kodaganallur R. Srinivasa Iyengar,Prema Nandakumar No preview available - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
action Aeschylus Aristotle artistic ballad Basil Willey beauty Book C. S. Lewis century character Christian civilisation classical Collective Unconscious creation creative critic D. H. Lawrence death Divine drama E. M. Forster earth elements emotion England English literature epic essay experience expression feeling fiction Greek Hamartia heart Heaven heroic Homer human humour imagination India inner intellectual language lines literary lyric matter meaning mediaeval metre Milton mind modern movement myths narrative nature novel novelist Oedipus Paradise Lost passions personality philosophy play plot poem poet poet's poetic poetry political prose psychic R. K. Narayan Rasa reader realise reality Renaissance rhyme rhythm Romantic Romanticism Samson satire says sense sensibility Shakespeare social society sonnet Sophocles soul speech spirit Sri Aurobindo story style sublime symbol symbolistic T. S. Eliot theme things thought tion tradition trochees truth ture unity verse vision whole words writing