Lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun on language, style, and versification., [1845-1865.]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) 'Language' (folio 1);
(ii) 'Style', and a fragment on the same subject (folios 39, 80);
(iii) On poetic style, incomplete (folio 82);
(iv) Three lectures entitled 'Critical examination and specimens of English prose authors'. The main authors mentioned are Sir Thomas Browne, Jeremy Taylor, John Lyly, Sir Philip Sydney, Sir Thomas Urquhart, and Thomas Carlyle; the first is incomplete (folios 86, 101, 119);
(v) 'On versification', with a fragment on the same subject (folios 146, 166).
Dates
- Creation: [1845-1865.]
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Extent
181 Leaves
Arrangement
181 folios.
Genre / Form
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