Purity of Diction in English Verse: With New Epilogue

By Donald Davie

Book Overview

Purity of Diction in English Verse (1952) explains how the vocabulary choice of late 18th-century writers like Cowper, Goldsmith and Dr Johnson gave them a force and moral value different from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0710012616
• ISBN13: 9780710012616
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Second