Everyone talks about style, but no one explains it. The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart. At a time when writing skills have virtually disappeared, what can be done? If only people learned the principles of verbal correctness, ...
In a challenge to deconstructed texts, this treatise argues that it is time to re-examine a fundamental but neglected concept of literature: writing is an action whose agent is an individual. It offers readings of Shaw's "Saint Joan" and Proust's "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu".
Description: London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1919. 28 pp. Periodical. Staple-bound chapbook, 7 x 8.5 inches. G-. 2-inch, closed tear at bottom of spine. Staples rusted. Front & back covers discolored & stained 3 of 4 corners. Corner & edge wear. Poems illustrated in years past re-illustrated by contemporary artists. read more
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