I have been following this discussion of plain and ornate styles with interest. Writers do switch between them as necessary. And not just good ones. Edward Bulwer-Lytton – the writer after whom a bad-writing contest is named – did so. His thoroughly researched historical novel, Harold, The Last of the Saxons, was written a consciously literary ornate style, but the extensive appendices were written in plain style. Jumping back and forth between them was a bit of a shock.
I have been following this discussion of plain and ornate styles with interest. Writers do switch between them as necessary. And not just good ones. Edward Bulwer-Lytton – the writer after whom a bad-writing contest is named – did so. His thoroughly researched historical novel, Harold, The Last of the Saxons, was written a consciously literary ornate style, but the extensive appendices were written in plain style. Jumping back and forth between them was a bit of a shock.
Poor old EBL.