From Rhetoric to Aesthetics.

The thesis deals primarily with the term wit and its modern and historical usage in literary and aesthetic theories. Further, it concerned with the literary and aesthetic implications of the terms wit and esprit as they were theorized in critical writings of several authors of the early modern Engla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bicanová, Klára
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2013.
Temas:
English literature > History and criticism.
French literature > History and criticism.
Aesthetics, British.
Aesthetics, French.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature française > Histoire et critique.
Esthétique britannique.
Esthétique française.
Aesthetics, British
Aesthetics, French
English literature
French literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The thesis deals primarily with the term wit and its modern and historical usage in literary and aesthetic theories. Further, it concerned with the literary and aesthetic implications of the terms wit and esprit as they were theorized in critical writings of several authors of the early modern England and France. The thesis has two primary goals. The first goal is to re-assess the English concept of wit, nowadays regarded as an out-dated device of past poetic systems, and to present it as vital and useful part of the contemporary discourse. The second goal is to provide comparative reading of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (156 pages)
ISBN:9788021082304
8021082305

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