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Edmund Burke and the Art of Rhetoric /

"Edmund Burke ranks among the most accomplished orators ever to debate in the British Parliament. But often his eloquence has been seen to compromise his achievements as a political thinker. In the first full-length account of Burke's rhetoric, Bullard argues that Burke's ideas about...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bullard, Paddy, 1973- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Burke, rhetoric and ethics
  • 1. The ethical turn in early modern rhetoric, 1600-1760
  • 2. Rhetoric in Ireland, 1693-1765
  • 3. The Epicurean aesthetics of Burke's Philosophical Enquiry
  • 4. Episodes in the evolution of Burke's eloquence
  • 5. Reflections on the Revolution in France and the rhetoric of character
  • 6. Burke, Rousseau and the purchase of eloquence
  • Conclusion.