Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England
Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric
| Σύνοψη: | Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP |
| Φυσική περιγραφή: | VII, 234 S., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-8132-1578-1 978-0-8132-1578-5 |
