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1 online resource (lv, 581, [1] pages) |
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Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
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Landmarks in rhetoric and public address.
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Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Lecture I Introduction -- Lecture II Taste -- Lecture III Criticism -- genius -- pleasure of taste -- sublimity in objects -- Lecture IV sublime in writing -- Lecture V Beauty, and other pleasures of taste -- Lecture VI Rise and progress of language -- Lecture VII Rise and progress of language, and of writing -- Lecture VIII Structure of language -- Lecture IX Structure of language -- English tongue -- Lecture X Style -- perspicuity and precision -- Lecture XI Structure of sentences -- Lecture XII Structure of sentences -- Lecture XIII Structure of sentences -- harmony -- Lecture XIV Origin and nature of figurative language -- Lecture XV Metaphor -- Lecture XVI Hyperbole -- personification -- apostrophe -- Lecture XVII Comparison, antithesis, interrogation, exclamation, other figures of speech -- Lecture XVIII Figurative language -- general characters of style -- diffuse, concise -- feeble, nervous -- dry, plain, neat, elegant, flowery -- Lecture XIX General characters of style -- simple, affected, vehement -- directions for forming a proper style -- Lecture XX Critical examination of the style of Mr. Addison, in no. 411 of the Spectator -- Lecture XXI Critical examination of the style in no. 412 of the Spectator -- Lecture XXII Critical examination of the style in no. 413 of the Spectator -- Lecture XXIII Critical examination of the style in no. 414 of the Spectator -- Lecture XXIV Critical examination of the style in a passage of Dean Swift's writings -- Lecture XXV Eloquence, or public speaking -- history of eloquence -- Grecian eloquence -- Demosthenes -- Lecture XXVI History of eloquence continued -- Roman eloquence -- Cicero -- modern eloquence -- Lecture XXVII Diferent kinds of public speaking -- eloquence of popular assemblies -- extracts from Demosthenes |
Notes |
Originally published: London : W. Strahan, 1783 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-565) and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Early works to 1800
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Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800
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Rhetoric, Ancient.
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English language -- Style.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
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REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
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Rhetoric, Ancient
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English language -- Style
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English language -- Rhetoric
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Literature
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Rhetoric
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Early works
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Ferreira-Buckley, Linda, 1959-
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Halloran, S. Michael
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LC no. |
2001049506 |
ISBN |
1429417587 |
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9781429417587 |
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