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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Grammar of the English Language (1818)di William Cobbett
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I must say, I could not finish this book. It was dreadful. Its pedantic tone and wordiness (in the extreme) became annoying almost immediately. Even for a book about grammar written in the 19th century, this book is so florid and takes so long to get to the point, any usefulness that might be buried within, is lost. I'm sure this author was a wealth of information. Too bad he couldn't communicate it without boring the reader to death. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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William Cobbett (1763-1835), author of Rural Rides, is (in the words of G. K. Chesterton) 'the noblest English example of the noble calling of the agitator'. A champion of the poor who had taught himself to read and write, his radicalism brought him into conflict with the authorities on manyoccasions, but he reserved a special kind of venom for politicians like Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington, for men of letters like Dr Johnson, the lexicographer, and for Fellows of English Colleges, 'who live by the sweat of other people's brows'.He takes all of these to task in his Grammar for their poor command of English, which was (he says) no better than that of chambermaids, hucksters, and plough-boys. Written in the form of letters to his fourteen-year-old son, James, the Grammar is the most colourful and entertaining treatment of thesubject ever published - plebeian, prejudiced, and richly illustrated with examples from the language of the countryside.The text is that of the 1823 edition, which includes Six Lessons 'intended to prevent Statesmen from using false grammar'.A new introduction by Lord Hattersley gives a modern perspective on the book and confirms its interest and importance to the modern reader as they were of influence in their own time. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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