In Defence of Rhetoric
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A spirited effort to restore the importance of rhetoric, this book examines its early development in the classical era, its triumph during the Renaissance, and its subsequent decline. While acknowledging rhetoric's general loss of prestige, the author asserts its value in modern times as an indispensable vehicle for style and thought in the work of Joyce, Orwell, Jarrell, and others, and concludes by surveying rhetoric's fragmentation and misapplication...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198117914
ISBN13:9780198117919
Release Date:October 1989
Publisher:OUP Oxford
Length:516 Pages
Weight:1.64 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
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