Uncommon Tongues – Eloquence and Eccentricity in the English Renaissance

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 dec 2013

Uncommon Tongues explores the tension between the political value of eloquence and its classical definition in sixteenth-century English literature, locating eccentricity and unfamiliarity at the heart of pedagogical, rhetorical, and literary culture.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780812245585
ISBN-10: 081224558X
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 163 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press

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Cuprins

Introduction: Antisocial Orpheus Chapter 1. Good Space and Time: Humanist Pedagogy and the Uses of Estrangement Chapter 2. The Commonplace and the Far-Fetched: Mapping Eloquence in the English Art of Rhetoric Chapter 3. "A World to See": Euphues's Wayward Style Chapter 4. Pastoral in Exile: Colin Clout and the Poetics of English Alienation Chapter 5. "Conquering Feet": Tamburlaine and the Measure of English Coda: Eccentric Shakespeare Notes Index Acknowledgments

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"An excellent discussion of ideas about style among English Renaissance writers, noteworthy for its remarkable lucidity and eloquence."-Paula Blank, College of William and Mary

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