Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1738 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Word Senses in This Band
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The idea
Shifted senses are less dense than in the Renaissance but they persist: Sheridan's grace and humours were worked in unit three, and Pope's wit and Fielding's sensible in units three and four. Expect two or three per passage rather than the Renaissance's five.
In practice
Fewer shifts, still present.
Where people slip
Two or three per passage.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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