Style in French prose : a method of analysis / R.A. Sayce
1953, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon. Provenance: Royal Holloway College bookplate, bequest of Dr. West. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #408014
Physical description; 166 pp. : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents; Introduction -- Vocabulary -- The noun -- The pronoun -- The adjective -- The adverb -- The verb -- Prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections -- The article, affirmative and negative particles -- Imagery, metaphor, metonymy, and smile -- Figures of speech -- Clichés and proverbs -- Types of proposition -- Word order and sentence structure -- Period style -- Individual style -- Good and bad style -- Illustrative passages -- Appendix I: Proust and Flaubert -- Appendix II: Bossuet and Fléchier. Subjects; Linguistics ; French language. History and criticism. Style. Rhetoric.
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