The Wordsworth Book of Usage & Abusage
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781853263460
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Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781853263460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eric Partridge
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780393317091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA handbook of advice on the proper use of the English language. Includes a section on vogue words that have acquired a power and influence beyond what they originally possessed.
Author: Marjorie Garber
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2012-04-03
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0307277127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim “literature” from the periphery of our personal, educational, and professional lives and restore it to the center, as a radical way of thinking. But what is literature anyway, how has it been understood over time, and what is its relevance for us today? Who gets to decide what the word means? Why has literature been on the defensive since Plato? Does it have any use at all, other than serving as bourgeois or aristocratic accoutrements attesting to one’s worldly sophistication and refinement of spirit? What are the boundaries that separate it from its “commercial” instance and from other more mundane kinds of writing? Is it, as most of us assume, good to read, much less study—and what would that mean?
Author: Geoffrey H. Hartman
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 145290121X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Les Harding
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-01-09
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1476608385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristianity abounds with fascinating, little-known trivia. Gas station attendants, for example, enjoy their own patron saint. So do stamp collectors, truss makers and sailors in the Bolivian navy. Jesus and Judas were common names in the biblical period, and Jesus of Nazareth had a brother named Judas. The forbidden fruit was more likely an apricot than an apple, and Delilah hired a barber to cut Sampson's hair. This dictionary of miscellany combs the annals of Christian esoterica, offering the most intriguing facts that are often forgotten, overlooked or ignored. Departing from the standard subject matter, this work serves as an unruly companion to the typical Bible dictionary. Nearly 1500 entries range from Aaron's beard (a popular name for Saint John's wort) to zounds (an antiquated Christian swear word). Information is cross-referenced and includes numerous quotations.
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9780140512816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA paperback version of the updated edition of Eric Partridge's classic text published by Hamish Hamilton in 1994, examining the use of language in everyday life, and now reflecting the language of the 1990s. First published in 1942.
Author: Don M. Aycock
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780882706955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Ess
Publisher: David Sneed
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 0615531199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Scranton Public Library
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harold E. Toliver
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780674656765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis analysis of the literary art of recapturing the past as the artist perceives it examines such questions as how a fictional narrative differs from other ways of seeing a past time; to what extent literature is nontemporal and to what extent it is tied to the institutions and traditions of its era; and how given works conjure up a sense of time.