Thomas De Quincey : British Rhetoric's Romantic Turn /

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This wide-ranging volume gives proper attention to the views on rhetoric and style set forth by British literary figure Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), whose contributions to the history of rhetoric are often overlooked. Lois Peters Agnew presents an overview of this theorist's life and provides...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Agnew, Lois Peters
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859.
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859 > Knowledge > Literature.
De Quincey, Thomas, > 1785-1859 > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism.
Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Critique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Criticism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:This wide-ranging volume gives proper attention to the views on rhetoric and style set forth by British literary figure Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), whose contributions to the history of rhetoric are often overlooked. Lois Peters Agnew presents an overview of this theorist's life and provides cultural context for his time and place, with particular emphasis on the significance of his rhetoric as both an alternative strain of rhetorical history and a previously unrealized example of rhetoric's transformation in nineteenth-century Britain. Agnew presents an extensive discuss.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9780809331499

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