On English Prose

James R. Sutherland

Published by University of Toronto Press 1957

On English Prose

James R. Sutherland

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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487573942

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About this book

The varying patterns in the development of English prose from the discursiveness of the fourteenth century to the directness of the twentieth are outlined in this book.

Author / Editor information

Sutherland James R. :

James Sutherland, formerly Lord Northcliffe Professor Modern Literature at London University, was the editor of The Oxford Book of English Talk and the author of numerous books about literature.

Reviews

“Anybody who cares about English prose, whether as an art or as an instrument, will find [this book] provocative of thought.”

Times Literary Supplement

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
THE ALEXANDER LECTURESHIP Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
I. THE PROBLEM OF PROSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. APES AND PEACOCKS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
III. THE AGE OF PROSE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
IV. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1957
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 136

eBook

Published: December 15, 1957
ISBN: 9781487573942