In this book's last chapter, its author argues for the importance of its subject matter by pointing to the changes in the English language exemplified by the newspaper headline "Italian Assassin Bomb Plot Disaster.
In this book's last chapter, its author argues for the importance of its subject matter by pointing to the changes in the English language exemplified by the newspaper headline "Italian Assassin Bomb Plot Disaster." This book's second chapter ends with an extended consideration of Shakespeare's use of the form "the (noun) and (noun) of (noun)." Its author critiques a passage from "Tintern Abbey" for attempting to be "uplifting yet non-denominational," citing it as an example of the book's title phenomenon that should be criticized rather than praised. The book's first example is Shakespeare's line "Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang," even though it contains no "double syntax or dubiety of feeling." FTP, name this work of literary criticism centering on pieces of language that allow for alternative reactions, written by William Empson.
In this book's last chapter, its author argues for the importance of its subject matter by pointing to the changes in the English language exemplified by the newspaper headline "Italian Assassin Bomb Plot Disaster.
Seven Types of Ambiguity