The fate of eloquence in the age of Hume /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Potkay, Adam, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©1994.
Series:Rhetoric & society.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
1700-1799
English literature > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English language > 18th century > Rhetoric.
Manners and customs in literature.
Courtesy in literature.
Virtue in literature.
Eloquence.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Anglais (Langue) > 18e siècle > Rhétorique.
Mœurs et coutumes dans la littérature.
Vertus dans la littérature.
Éloquence.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English language > Rhetoric.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Manners and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Ancient Eloquence and the Revival of Virtue; 2. Eloquence versus Polite Style; 3· Regretting Eloquence in Polite Letters: Pope, Gray, and Sterne; 4· Religious Eloquence: Hume on the Passions That Unite Us; 5. Eloquence and Manners in Macpherson's Poems of Ossian; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

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