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Someone with an English degree explain, why did Victorians back in the day think that degree of wordiness was good writing?
by KaoruAoiShiho 4y ago
Someone with an English degree explain, why did Victorians back in the day think that degree of wordiness was good writing?
- jedberg 4y agoMost authors were paid by the word at the time.
- crooked-v 4y agoOne classic example would be Charles Dickens, whose novels started out as serialized chapters in newspapers. While it doesn't take away from him being an excellent writer, if you ever wonder why some of his stuff seems to have filler chapters... well, now you know.
- mc32 4y agoLikewise why were German philosophers and thinkers so apt to write dense and convoluted sentences? I'd like to know.
- the_omegist 4y agoI love this style. Is it just me? Dickens, Stevenson, ... I would rather ask the opposite : why the need to adopt a "modern" style (well except in fantasy books, I guess).