Meaning of Macaulayesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Characteristic of Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Examples

“I have only detected one error myself, but it is a very Macaulayesque one . He speaks of 'the oaks of Magdalen:' they are elms. There was no occasion to say anything but trees, but the temptation to say something particular was too strong. It makes one distrust all his descriptions, and[…]”

“Here again is the heroic figure, here again are the Macaulayesque paradoxes and the noisy but lucid style. Instead of a simple narration of what happens, Macaulay begins with a summary statement under which all that occurs through the length of two impressive and exciting chapters is noted[…]”

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