Robert Withington
Biographic Data
| ID | 1061490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Withington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Withington |
| SIGNATURE | WITHINGTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smith College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 34 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1924 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
English Pageantry
English Pageantry
Fix
Senses of 'Should
A Plea for Normative Grammar
Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Us
Research Article| July 01 1954 Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Us Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1954) 53 (3): 379–383. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-53-3-379 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Us. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1954; 53 (3): 379–383. doi:…
The Relation of Graphic Accents to Pronunciation
A French Comment on the Battle of Bunker Hill
READERS who think that Boston was discovered by William Dean Howells-forgetting, perhaps, the long chapter on the New England metropolis by Dickens, in his American Notes-can find many interesting passages, dealing with both Boston and Harvard, in the pages of French travellers who visited us in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.1 The editor might object to giving space to a translation of the Marquis de Chastellux's trip through New Englan…
Of College Colors
Research Article| July 01 1947 Of College Colors Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1947) 46 (3): 365–379. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-46-3-365 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; Of College Colors. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1947; 46 (3): 365–379. doi: https://doi.org/10.1…
Old Books and New
Research Article| July 01 1944 Old Books and New Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1944) 43 (3): 304–310. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-43-3-304 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; Old Books and New. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1944; 43 (3): 304–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.…
The Marquis de Chastellux on Language and Peace
Treaty will no doubt be before Congress in a short time31-you may rely that the House will make no provison for carriing it into execusion--what follows-the British will not give up the ports and we shall be in a much worse perplexity, after all the parade &8 noise about a Treaty, then we were before-Capt McClannen the bearer of this will purchase several of Randolphs books at my account Health & Fraternity Sam' Hewes PS. this Town is in a distre…
Xenoglottophobia
The Value of Inquiry
Research Article| January 01 1942 The Value of Inquiry Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1942) 41 (1): 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-41-1-45 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; The Value of Inquiry. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 1942; 41 (1): 45–52. doi: https://doi.…
Double-Edged Coinages
Picturesque Speech
Louis Napoleon Parker
Verbal Pungencies
St. Joseph in the English Mystery Plays
Lady,' 'Woman,' and 'Person
STUDIES Of words which have different values on the two sides of the Atlantic are of interest in throwing light on national points of view, and in helping to clear up possible misunderstandings. As the meanings of these words are often the same, the differences frequently lie in the connotations, which change from time to time and from locality to locality: the 'overtones' of the words rarely appear in dictionaries-except as the words are labelle…
Braggart, Devil, and `Vice
Children of Linguistic Fashion
children of fashion. In all ages, writers have preached against the practice of swearing, and it is not only interesting but profitable to note that words, objectionable in one time or place, are innocent in another; to observe rehabilitation or degeneration; to see (what is common in Fashion's domain) how small a part logic plays in determining connotations. There is some doubt as to whether
Dickensian and Other Blends
Fools and Folly During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance . Barbara Swain
The Ancestry of the `Vice
More "Portmanteau" Coinages
U NLIKE Lewis Carroll (who, if not the inventor of portmanteau words, gave them a name, a definition, and what the modern business man would call publicity), a school of rebellious, if not revolting, writers of our day, which seeks to coin blends,1 manufactures combinations of which neither part is obvious. The Carrollian portmanteau continues to be coined, however; and during the past half-century writers who pack up two meanings into one word-t…
The Relation of Graphic Accents to Pronunciation
Lady,' 'Woman,' and 'Person
STUDIES Of words which have different values on the two sides of the Atlantic are of interest in throwing light on national points of view, and in helping to clear up possible misunderstandings. As the meanings of these words are often the same, the differences frequently lie in the connotations, which change from time to time and from locality to locality: the 'overtones' of the words rarely appear in dictionaries-except as the words are labelle…
Some Neologisms from Recent Magazines
NOT long ago, an American magazine of considerable repute made an attempt to collect from its readers such home-coined words as they felt filled gaps in our poverty-stricken language; and one might infer determination on the part of the editor to put these neologisms into immediate currency. But even an editor cannot force neologisms on the public without its consent. More recently, Time-a periodical noted for its coinages-has gone to work in qui…
Of The Romantic Essay
Research Article| July 01 1924 Of The Romantic Essay Robert Withington Robert Withington Smith College Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1924) 23 (3): 269–276. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-23-3-269 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; Of The Romantic Essay. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1924; 23 (3): 269–276. do…
The Silent Novelists
Research Article| July 01 1926 The Silent Novelists Robert Withington Robert Withington Northampton, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1926) 25 (3): 316–321. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-25-3-316 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; The Silent Novelists. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1926; 25 (3): …
De Magistris Populi
Research Article| July 01 1927 De Magistris Populi Robert Withington Robert Withington Smith College Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1927) 26 (3): 299–303. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-26-3-299 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; De Magistris Populi. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1927; 26 (3): 299–303. doi: h…
The "Movie" Mentality
Research Article| October 01 1929 The “Movie” Mentality Robert Withington Robert Withington Northampton, Massachusetts Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1929) 28 (4): 429–433. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-28-4-429 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; The “Movie” Mentality. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 October 1929; …
"Guy". A Case of Rehabilitation
New Slang in Old Authors
Rehabilitated Words
"A Note on "Bloody
THE horror awakened by the adjective bloody, when used as an intensive in England, has long been a source of amused surprise to the American cousins across the water, who can see no reason for it-indeed, they feel that such an exaggerated emotion is as artificial as the Teutonic dismay at the apparently harmless Donnerwetter, when the expletive is used before ladies; and that the offense is as conventional as that caused by the Gallic Nom de Dieu…
Some Neologisms from Recent Magazines
NOT long ago, an American magazine of considerable repute made an attempt to collect from its readers such home-coined words as they felt filled gaps in our poverty-stricken language; and one might infer determination on the part of the editor to put these neologisms into immediate currency. But even an editor cannot force neologisms on the public without its consent. More recently, Time-a periodical noted for its coinages-has gone to work in qui…
Fools and Folly During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance . Barbara Swain
The Ancestry of the `Vice
More "Portmanteau" Coinages
U NLIKE Lewis Carroll (who, if not the inventor of portmanteau words, gave them a name, a definition, and what the modern business man would call publicity), a school of rebellious, if not revolting, writers of our day, which seeks to coin blends,1 manufactures combinations of which neither part is obvious. The Carrollian portmanteau continues to be coined, however; and during the past half-century writers who pack up two meanings into one word-t…
Dickensian and Other Blends
Children of Linguistic Fashion
children of fashion. In all ages, writers have preached against the practice of swearing, and it is not only interesting but profitable to note that words, objectionable in one time or place, are innocent in another; to observe rehabilitation or degeneration; to see (what is common in Fashion's domain) how small a part logic plays in determining connotations. There is some doubt as to whether
Braggart, Devil, and `Vice
Lady,' 'Woman,' and 'Person
STUDIES Of words which have different values on the two sides of the Atlantic are of interest in throwing light on national points of view, and in helping to clear up possible misunderstandings. As the meanings of these words are often the same, the differences frequently lie in the connotations, which change from time to time and from locality to locality: the 'overtones' of the words rarely appear in dictionaries-except as the words are labelle…
St. Joseph in the English Mystery Plays
Louis Napoleon Parker
Verbal Pungencies
Picturesque Speech
Double-Edged Coinages
Xenoglottophobia
The Value of Inquiry
Research Article| January 01 1942 The Value of Inquiry Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1942) 41 (1): 45–52. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-41-1-45 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; The Value of Inquiry. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 1942; 41 (1): 45–52. doi: https://doi.…
The Marquis de Chastellux on Language and Peace
Treaty will no doubt be before Congress in a short time31-you may rely that the House will make no provison for carriing it into execusion--what follows-the British will not give up the ports and we shall be in a much worse perplexity, after all the parade &8 noise about a Treaty, then we were before-Capt McClannen the bearer of this will purchase several of Randolphs books at my account Health & Fraternity Sam' Hewes PS. this Town is in a distre…
Old Books and New
Research Article| July 01 1944 Old Books and New Robert Withington Robert Withington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (1944) 43 (3): 304–310. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-43-3-304 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert Withington; Old Books and New. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 July 1944; 43 (3): 304–310. doi: https://doi.org/10.…
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