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* A Most Perfect Style

on BBC Radio 3

That speech, or that way of speaking which is most easily understood, is the best way of speaking. 250 years after Defoe's death. Dr Alan Downie considers some of the paradoxes of his doctrine of literalism.

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Dr Alan Downie

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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