Literary Stylistics
Henry Miller and Narrative Form
In this bold study, James M. Decker argues against the commonly held opinion that Henry Miller's narratives suffer from 'formlessness'. He instead positions Miller as a stylistic pioneer, whose place must be assured in the American literary canon.
Mortal Beauty, God's Grace
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Gerard Manley Hopkins is one of English poetry's most brilliant stylistic innovators, and one of the most distinguished poets of Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
Manhattan Transfer
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Dos Passos makes use of vignettes and complex impressionistic episodes to trace the desperate lives of a dozen or more New Yorkers in the 1920s. This is the first of his novels in which he makes a radical stylistic statement as well as a political-so...
Recovering Your Story
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In RECOVERING YOUR STORY, Arnold L. Weinstein argues for the power of the great Modernist writers, and claims that Modernist formal and stylistic innovations expand a reader`s understanding of the world, perception, and themselves. Copyright (C) Muze Inc.
'Counterfeiting' Shakespeare
Brian Vickers examines the issue of what Shakespeare actually wrote, and how this is determined. Shakespeare's authorship has been claimed for two poems, 'Shall I die?' and A Funerall Elegye. Vickers shows that neither has the requisite stylistic and imaginative qualities.
Terence and the Language of Roman Comedy
This book examines Terence's use of language and provides the first linguistic and stylistic commentary on the extant fragments of the fabula palliata, togata and atellana.