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These essays are, according to Marjorie Nicholson, “the most illuminating articles we have on the important subject of prose style. They were pioneer articles which have remained standard.”

Originally published in 1966.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. v-vii
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  1. Biographical Note
  2. pp. viii-xiv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Abbreviations
  2. p. xv
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  1. Part I: The Anti-Ciceronian Movement: "Attic" and Baroque Prose Style
  1. Foreword to Essay One
  2. pp. 3-6
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  1. Essay One: Juste Lipse et le Mouvement Anticiéronien à la Fin du XVIe et au Début du XVIIe Siécle
  2. pp. 7-44
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  1. Foreword to Essay Two
  2. pp. 45-50
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  1. Essay Two: "Attic Prose" in the Seventeenth Century
  2. pp. 51-102
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  1. Foreword to Essay Three
  2. pp. 103-106
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  1. Essay Three: Muret and the History of "Attic Prose"
  2. pp. 107-162
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  1. Foreword to Essay Four
  2. pp. 163-166
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  1. Essay Four: Attic Prose: Lipsius, Montaigne, Bacon
  2. pp. 167-202
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  1. Foreword to Essay Five
  2. pp. 203-206
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  1. Essay Five: The Baroque Style in Prose
  2. pp. 207-234
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  1. Part II: The Sources of the Euphuistic Rhetoric
  1. Foreword to Essay Six
  2. pp. 237-240
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  1. Essay Six: The Sources of the Euphuistic Rhetoric
  2. pp. 241-296
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  1. Part III: Oratorical Cadence and Verse Rhythm
  1. Foreword to Essay Seven
  2. pp. 299-302
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  1. Essay Seven: The Cadence of English Oratorical Prose
  2. pp. 303-360
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  1. Foreword to Essays Eight and Nine
  2. pp. 361-364
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  1. Essay Eight: The Rhythm of English Verse
  2. pp. 365-429
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  1. Essay Nine: Music and Metrics: a Reconsideration
  2. pp. 430-436
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 437-451
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