Language of the American South

Informationen zum Autor Cleanth Brooks (1906-1994) was Gray Professor of Rhetoric Emeritus at Yale University. Over his distinguished career, he published innumerable books and articles of great influence on the study of American literature, and in particular southern literature; among them are "The Well-Wrought Urn" and three volumes of a monumental study of William Faulkner. Klappentext Brooks pays tribute to the language and literature of the American South. He writes of the language's unique syntax and its celebrated languorous rhythms; of the classical allusions and Addisonian locutions once favored by the gentry; and of the more earthbound eloquence! rooted in the dialect of England's southern lowlands.

Product details

• Authors: Cleanth Brooks
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780820331232
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3123-2
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: Mercer University Lamar Memori; Mercer University Lamar Memori
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous