Download or read book Essays on Style and Language written by Roger Fowler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contributors -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. LINGUISTIC THEORY AND THE STUDY OF LITERATURE -- 2. THE NEW CRITICISM AND THE LANGUAGE OF POETRY -- 3. BY ALGEBRA TO AUGUSTANISM -- 4. TAKING A POEM TO PIECES -- 5. 'PROSE RHYTHM' AND METRE -- 6. DISTICH AND SENTENCE IN CORNEILLE AND RACINE -- 7. 'LINGUISTIC READING: TWO SUGGESTIONS OF THE QUALITY OF LITERATURE -- 8. LINGUISTICS AND THE FIGURES OF RHETORIC -- 9. CHAUCER'S EPISTOLARY STYLE -- 10. THE FORMULAIC THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION TO ENGLISH ALLITERATIVE POETRY -- Index