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The Anatomy of Prose

Marjorie Boulton

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Introduction 1. The General Form of Prose 2. The Word: Vocabulary 3. The Sentence: Grammar and Idiom 4. The Sentence: Written and Spoken Prose 5. The Paragraph 6. Prose Rhythm 7. Individual and Common Style 8. Common Style and Cheap Style 9. Simplicity and Ornamentation 10. Subdivisions: A. Objective and Subjective 11. Subdivisions: B. Abstract and Concrete 12. Subdivisions: Realism, Romance and Unreality 13. Subdivisions: Some Special Conventions 14. Subdivisions: Prose for Its Own Sake 15. The Historical Approach 16. The Science of Rhetoric 17. A Word About Writing Prose 18. Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Key concepts: Paragraph, Sentence, Style (visual arts), Grammar, Linguistics, Vocabulary, Romance, Reading (process)