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Modes of composition and the durability of style in literature / David L. Hoover.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2021Description: xx, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780367366704
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 820.9 H769m 23
LOC classification:
  • PR101
Contents:
Modes of composition and the durability of literary style -- A proof of concept: identifying differences in style -- Changing back and forth from handwriting to dictation: Thomas Hardy, Walter Scott, and Joseph Conrad -- Changing over from handwriting to dictation or typing: Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner -- Changing over from handwriting or typing to word processing: Arthur Clarke, Octavia Butler, Stanley Elkin, and Ian McEwan -- The durability of change: handwriting, dictation, and style evolution in Henry James -- The durability of Stephen King's style -- Why a change in mode is not enough: translation and the radical durability of style -- Conclusion.
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Books Books Main Library Circulation Section CIR 820.9 H769m 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1-2 Available 026431
Books Books Main Library Circulation Section CIR 820.9 H769m 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2-2 Available 027704

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modes of composition and the durability of literary style -- A proof of concept: identifying differences in style -- Changing back and forth from handwriting to dictation: Thomas Hardy, Walter Scott, and Joseph Conrad -- Changing over from handwriting to dictation or typing: Booth Tarkington and William Faulkner -- Changing over from handwriting or typing to word processing: Arthur Clarke, Octavia Butler, Stanley Elkin, and Ian McEwan -- The durability of change: handwriting, dictation, and style evolution in Henry James -- The durability of Stephen King's style -- Why a change in mode is not enough: translation and the radical durability of style -- Conclusion.

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