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The Evolution of English Prose, 1700-1800

Style, Politeness, and Print Culture

The Evolution of English Prose, 1700-1800( )
Author: McIntosh, Carey
ISBN:978-0-521-02154-8
Publication Date:Oct 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $37.99
Book Description:

At the beginning of the eighteenth century ordinary written English was close to speech; by 1800, people expressed themselves more formally, politely, and precisely. The new 'writtenness' of prose coincided with the development of a mature print culture, the rise of women writers, the invention of prescriptive grammars, and a powerful new rhetoric. Carey McIntosh traces these changes and illustrates them with comparison of work by Defoe and Paine, Swift and Burke, Addison and Johnson,...
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