. A study in certain seventeenth century essays. red by a grotesque form as were the poets of the meta-physical school. DEVELOPMENT OE STYLE - EUPHUISM. To discuss thoroughly the development of prose stylein the essay during the seventeenth century would in itself be atask requiring long and exhaustive study. A rapid survey suchas this can do little more than suggest. Probably the impression that most remains with onewho has been reading Bacons essays, no matter if he has beengoing through purely for pleasure with no eye to the style, is ofthe compact and generally balanced sentence. One readi
. A study in certain seventeenth century essays. red by a grotesque form as were the poets of the meta-physical school. DEVELOPMENT OE STYLE - EUPHUISM. To discuss thoroughly the development of prose stylein the essay during the seventeenth century would in itself be atask requiring long and exhaustive study. A rapid survey suchas this can do little more than suggest. Probably the impression that most remains with onewho has been reading Bacons essays, no matter if he has beengoing through purely for pleasure with no eye to the style, is ofthe compact and generally balanced sentence. One reading Montaignein the Elorio translation immediately afterward,would notice asgreat a looseness in his structure as there is firmness inBacons. It has been suggested that this difference, so markedfor men writing in practically the same period, is to be accountedfor by the vogue of euphuism in England just previous to thistime. Since the-e are man;: undoubted traces of euphuism presentin Bacons style,this would appear as a satisfactory 36 Considerable difficulty in verifying it arises, however, as soonas we remember that euphuism, though deriving its name fromLylys novel Euphues was not a peculiarly English product, but,on the contrary, was a literary fashion once ruling over allEurope. This form really had its origin in Spain in thewritings of Don Antonia de Guevara, the most prominent writer ofCharles Vs time. His works were translated into French, Italian,German, Latin, and English; and seem to have come into England,partly at least, through French translations. There would appear,then, to he more reason for Buphuistic style in Montaigne thanin Bacon; but whatever the cause of the difference there is inthe former hut a comparatively slight remnant of euphuism, whilein Bacon the relation is fairly marked. According to Landmann the characteristics of euphuismwere,{l) most elaborate antithesis not only of well balancedsentences, but also of words and syllables soundin
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