| 单词 | epistolary novel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasepistolary novel 2. Contained in letters, carried on by letters; (esp. in epistolary novel) in the form of letters. ΚΠ 1636 P. Heylyn Coale from Altar Introd. 6 Wee will discend to those three particulars, which are insisted on in that Epistolarie discourse. 1706 H. Dodwell (title) An Epistolary Discourse, proving from the Scriptures..that the Soul is a Principle naturally Mortal. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶1 I do intend to continue my Epistolary Correspondence with thee. a1826 T. Jefferson in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. (1831) II. 48 I recall..the days of our former intercourse, personal and epistolary. 1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 52 In the epistolary portions of the New Testament, written by the Apostles. 1909 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 30 79 No one is surprised at the epistolary novel with its trick of expunging the author of the story. 1969 G. Greene Coll. Ess. II. ii. 85 He recognized the inadequacy of Pamela, of the epistolary novel, to satisfy the hunger of the age. 1978 Amer. Poetry Rev. July 18/1 Smollett borrowed Richardson's epistolary form for The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. 2010 Newsweek (Nexis) 12 Apr. 54 In Dear John, a soldier overseas has a gushing, epistolary romance with his girlfriend back home. < as lemmas |
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