10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANGINESS»
Discover the use of
slanginess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slanginess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The club and the drawing-room, pictures of modern life: ...
There is a special phase of drawing-room fastness disagreeably current in the
present day, which for want of a better word we may denominate the vice of
slanginess. In a general way feminine slanginess may be defined as the
excessive and ...
2
Irish Poetry Since 1950: From Stillness Into History
In a review of The Mersey Goldfish, Kendall claims that the poetry '[crossed]
Browning's dramatic monologue with a free-wheeling slanginess derived from
Muldoon' (T. Kendall, 'Parlour Tricks', Poetry Review, 85: 4 (Winter 1995-96), 87).
3
Biography of a Book: Henry Lawson's While the Billy Boils
Nevertheless some reviewers criticised the slanginess as a needless vulgarity;“
and some readers would have reacted against such questionable subject matter
as respectable men driven to drink, an Oxford man gone native, and British ...
Edited by Paul Eggert Explanatory Notes by Elizabeth Webby, Paul Eggert, 2013
4
Not Wisely, But Too Well
78).77 While such changes might seem superficial, that Broughton had coupled
the term “slanginess” with “coarseness” in her correspondence with Bentley
underscores the ideological weight of informal speech. As I mentioned earlier, ...
Rhoda Broughton, Tamar Heller, 2013
The girl's slanginess and tom-boyishness were proofs of spirit – a Westwater
characteristic; her youthful intolerance was not unpleasing to a laudator of the
past; her passionate love of Castle Gay was a variant of her own clannishness.
6
Darwinian Misadventures in the Humanities
... is a deliberate affront to literary decorum, which the authors may regard as
objectionable only to academic literary stuffed shirts. But the vulgarity of the prose
goes deeper than its slanginess. Each of the sentences misrepresents a
character.
7
On Extended Wings: Wallace Stevens' Longer Poems
in a new slanginess, a will to reduce all curves to geometrically describable forms
, and a hatred not only for metaphor but even for the similes he allowed himself in
The Man with the Blue Guitar. It is Stevens' second quest for the barbaric: what ...
Helen Hennessy Vendler, 1969
8
T. Tembarom: Easyread Edition
As unavoidable circumstances forced one to take him, – commonness,
slanginess, appalling ignorance, and all, – one could not leave him. Fortunately,
no respectable legal firm need hold itself sponsor for a “next of kin” provided by
fate and ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2008
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Metaphor and Writing: Figurative Thought in the Discourse of ...
Such a transcription would be “depressing” (2004: xvii). Moreover, he says that
speech is “a bad metaphor for writing” because: For 99% of people who do it, [
writing] is the opposite of spontaneous ... [C]hattiness, slanginess, in-your-face-
ness, ...
10
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
I am delighted that you are going to fall in with me. Good bye for to-day." Away he
went, leaving Colburne in wonder over his contrasts of slanginess and gentility,
his mingled audacity and insouciance of character, and all the picturesque ins ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANGINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
slanginess is used in the context of the following news items.
A window on Chaucer's cramped, scary, smelly world
For all the slanginess of his presentation, Strohm is too fastidious a scholar to cross that line. He's at pains to remind us of how wired into literary convention ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jan 15»
Notable political books of 2014
Poplak's rollicking style has much of the hipster slanginess of the old Rolling Stone, and he has a talent for bizarre but useful comparisons and metaphors. «Mail & Guardian Online, Dec 14»
On Editing a Crossword
The slanginess of the answer needs to be signaled somehow. 5 Ones repeating “I do”? [ABBA] — Nice, but too vague. We added “in 1976.” That's the year “I Do, ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
Nation That Coined 'Uber' Trips Up Firm
... thing," juxtaposing a potentially pretentious-sounding prefix with earthy slang. "The slanginess of 'suck' pricks the prefix and deflates it some," Mr. Adams said. «Wall Street Journal, Sep 14»
'Ginger Snaps' Is Freshly Female-Centric Horror
... some of Walton's dialogue toys with Heathers-ish slanginess (sometimes it lands closer to Degrassi territory, although maybe that's just the Canadian accents) ... «PopMatters, Aug 14»
Why we love to hate Martin Amis
... sometimes hear the cadences of Clive James (another member of the old New Statesman gang) – the rhythmic bop; the slanginess; the tug towards aphorism. «The Guardian, Aug 14»
Dance Steps in to Support Ganga Cleansing Efforts
The unhesitant delivery and slanginess of an experienced dancer was remarkable. Accompanied by an excellent team of accompanists comprising Guru B K ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 14»
Erin Andrews Makes DWTS Co-Hosting Debut
People Magazine TV Critic Tom Gliatto thought that Andrews looked comfortable in her new role. “Andrews talks with the flat, unhesitant delivery and slanginess ... «WebProNews, Mar 14»
Erin Andrews Is Right at Home on DWTS, Says PEOPLE's TV Critic
Andrews talks with the flat, unhesitant delivery and slanginess of an experienced announcer, and she casually plants herself on the floor with a kind of ... «People Magazine, Mar 14»
A love affair with antiquity
If anything, the book's jocular slanginess and references to pop culture may shorten its shelf life. Still, it's funny, for the moment. The Joy of Sexus is organized ... «New Times SLO, Feb 13»
