Purity of Diction in English Verse

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857541219
• ISBN13: 9781857541212
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Carcanet Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.