Meaning of Rowleyan | Babel Free
Definitions
- Relating to the literary persona of Thomas Rowley.
- Relating to William Rowley.
Examples
“The work's increased use of Rowleyan language makes the act of reading unavoidably self-conscious as we can no longer rely on our usual ways of making sense of poetry.”
“It seems clear that Chatterton worke out a theory of the history of English drama that would cilminate in Rowley's Ælla. We have inferred a similar theory of prosodic history from the uncertainty and irregularity of pre-Rowleyan prosody as compared to Rowley's correctness.”
“So Chatterton, by breaking his apprenticeship, deftly steered a course between the Bristolian and the Rowleyan voices: between 'Matrimony he shall not contracct' and 'an hollie Preeste unnmarriageabil'.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.