The Philosophy of Style
by Herbert Spencer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
- Credits
- Produced by P. Peterson, and David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- Style, Literary
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 5849
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5849
- Release Date
- June 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE.
- 2.By Herbert Spencer
- 3.Contents
- 4.PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES.
- 5.i. The Principle of Economy.
- 6.ii. Economy in the Use of Words.
- 7.iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences.
- 8.iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures.
- 9.v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy.
- 10.vi. The Effect of Poetry explained.
- 11.PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES.
- 12.i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair.
- 13.ii Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax.
- 14.iii. Need of Variety.
- 15.iv. The Ideal Writer.
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