Metaphors of Change in the Language of Nineteenth-century Fiction
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| Author | : Megan Perigoe Stitt |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0198184425 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780198184423 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Metaphors of Change in the Language of Nineteenth-century Fiction by : Megan Perigoe Stitt
Book excerpt: This book examines three major nineteenth-century writers in the context of the models of progress emerging from contemporary studies in geology and language. The deployment of varieties of speech in their novels throws light on how different genres--fictional and scientific--affected the century's use of metaphor and its often contradictory theories of progress.
