Sacred rhetoric : the Christian grand style in the English Renaissance /

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"There are no studies of a sacred grand style in the English Renaissance," writes Debora Shuger, "because even according to its practitioners it was not supposed to exist." Yet the grand style forms the unacknowledged center of traditional rhetorical theory. In this first history...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shuger, Debora K., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1988.
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Style.
Rhetoric, Renaissance.
Christian literature, English > History and criticism.
Renaissance > England.
Classical languages > Influence on English.
Rhétorique de la Renaissance.
Littérature chrétienne anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Renaissance > Angleterre.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Christian literature, English.
English language > Early modern > Style.
Renaissance.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. THE CHARACTERS OF STYLE FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES
  • CHAPTER TWO. THE HISTORY OF SACRED RHETORIC IN THE RENAISSANCE
  • CHAPTER THREE. RHETORIC, SOPHISTIC, AND PHILOSOPHY: THE LEGITIMATION OF PASSIONATE DISCOURSE
  • CHAPTER FOUR. HELLENISM AND HEBRAISM: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-CICERONIAN GRAND STYLE
  • CHAPTER FIVE. GOD, SELF, AND PSYCHE: THE THEOLOGICAL BASES OF THE GRAND STYLE
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX. THE SEVEN IDEAS OF HERMOGENES
  • GLOSSARY OF RHETORICAL TERMS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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