The Elements of Style: An Introduction to Literary Criticism

adjectives æsthetic archaism artist beauty biography Carlyle's chapter character characteristic Charles Lamb Charlotte Brontë clauses comma complex composition consider criticism deal definite distinguished dramatic poetry effect egoism emotion English epic epithets essay essayist essential evident exposition expository expression expressional Faerie Queene fashion feel fiction fitness grammar Guy Mannering historian human humour ideal imaginative important individuality intelligence interest journalist kinds of prose literary literature logic and lucidity long sentences lyrical poetry meaning metaphor metre motive narrative poetry nature nouns novel novelist object old-fashioned option Paradise Lost paragraph parenthesis pause perhaps philosopher phrases plot poem poet poet's poetic present prose prose-poetry R. L. Stevenson reader realise rhetoric rhythm scientific seems semi-colon sense sequence short sentences slang speak speech stanzas style stylistic suggestion taste theme things thought timeless tion Tom Jones treatise truth unity verse whole words writer