Melville’s Invented Adjectives
Ever notice how Melville invents adjectives? If he can’t find one ready to hand then he’ll just make one up, often by tweaking a noun. Randomly opening the “Nightfall” chapter in Moby Dick I...
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Ever notice how Melville invents adjectives? If he can’t find one ready to hand then he’ll just make one up, often by tweaking a noun. Randomly opening the “Nightfall” chapter in Moby Dick I...
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Dickens knew that his novels’ chapters would be read aloud as they were released one by one. unfolding over months, sometimes years, like TV series today, A frustrated actor himself, he imagined family figures hamming it...
Consonants and Consonance in Prose Style
Dickens knew that his novels’ chapters would be read aloud as they were released one by one. unfolding over months, sometimes years, like TV series today, A frustrated actor himself, he imagined family figures hamming it...
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Ever notice how Melville invents adjectives? If he can’t find one ready to hand then he’ll just make one up, often by tweaking a noun. Randomly opening the “Nightfall” chapter in Moby Dick I...
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