A Mouthful of Air

Autori

• Anthony Burgess

Parametri

• Filosofia
• Letteratura britannica
• Linguistica
• Manuali e guide
• Saggistica

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W.B. Yeats wrote of a poem that he "made it out of a mouthful of air". All literature and indeed language, Burgess argues, is made this way - an oral rather than a visual medium. Burgess goes on to present a survey of the history, development and cross-fertilization of languages.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1992

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