p. viiTABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS ESSAY
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viiTABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS
CONTAINED IN THIS ESSAY
PAGE
The Triumph of Letters
1
The Problem of Style
3
The Instrument and the Audience, with a Digression on the Actor
4
The Sense-Elements
8
The Functions of Sense
10
Picture
11
Melody
14
Meaning, Exampled in Negation
17
The Weapons of Thought
21
The Analogy from Architecture
23
The Analogy Rectified. The Law of Change
24
The Good Slang
27
The Bad Slang
29
Archaism
32
Romantic and Classic
36
The Palsy of Definition
39
Distinction
43
Assimilation
45
Synonyms
46
p. viiiVariety of Expression
49
Variety Justified
50
Metaphor and Abstraction: Poetry and Science
55
The Doctrine of the Mot Propre
61
The Instrument
65
The Audience
65
The Relation of the Author to his Audience
71
The Poet and his Audience
71
Public Caterers
77
The Cautelous Man
78
Sentimentalism and Jocularity
81
The Tripe-Seller
83
The Wag
85
Social and Rhetorical Corruptions
87
Sincerity
88
Insincerity
93
Austerity
94
The Figurative Style
98
Decoration
100
Allusiveness
102
Simplicity and Strength
104
The Paradox of Letters
107
Drama
108
Implicit Drama
111
Words Again
115
Quotation
116
Appropriation
119
The World of Words
123
The Teaching of Style
124
The Conclusion
127