Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature

Name: Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This volume addresses the close connections between the study of rhetoric and the study of literature. Arranged chronologically, there are two essays for each of the six major periods: antiquity, the Middle Ages; the Renaissance; the 17th century; the 18th century; and the 19th and 20th centuries. > The studies of rhetoric and literature have been closely connected on the theoretical level ever since antiquity, and many great works of literature were written by men and women who were well versed in rhetoric. It is therefore well worth investigating exactly what these writers knew about rhetoric and how the practice of literary criticism has been enriched through rhetorical knowledge. The essays reprinted here have been arranged chronologically, with two essays selected for each of six major periods: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance (including Shakespeare), the 17th century, the 18th century, and the 19th and 20th centuries. Some are more theoretically oriented, whereas.