ABSTRACT

First published in 1954, this title is a companion to The Anatomy of Poetry as a literary guide for the student reader. Writing that students generally find it more challenging to analyse a passage of prose than a piece of poetry, Marjorie Boulton takes a systematic approach to the technical elements of prose, considering form, vocabulary, rhythm and the application of historical context. With suggestions for further reading and practical, lucid advice, this reissue will be of particular value to students of English Literature in need of a constructive study aid.

chapter I|7 pages

The General Form of Prose

chapter II|12 pages

The Word

Vocabulary

chapter III|10 pages

The Sentence

Grammar and Idiom

chapter IV|11 pages

The Sentence

Written and Spoken Prose

chapter V|8 pages

The Paragraph

chapter VI|21 pages

Prose Rhythm

chapter VII|9 pages

Individual and Common Style

chapter VIII|6 pages

Common Style and Cheap Style

chapter IX|10 pages

Simplicity and Ornamentation

chapter X|7 pages

Subdivisions

(A) Objective and Subjective

chapter XI|6 pages

Subdivisions

(B) Abstract and Concrete

chapter XII|12 pages

Subdivisions

Realism, Romance and Unreality

chapter XIII|12 pages

Subdivisions

Some Special Conventions

chapter XIV|5 pages

Subdivisions

Subdivisions, Prose for its Own Sake

chapter XV|12 pages

The Historical Approach

chapter XVI|25 pages

The Science of Rhetoric

chapter XVII|4 pages

A Word About Writing Prose

chapter XVIII|5 pages

Suggestions for Further Reading