Landmark Essays on Rhetoric and Literature

Taylor & Francis

This volume contains the most influential essays from this century on current study of rhetoric and literature, demonstrating the rich variety of work in this area. For scholars and students in rhetoric, literature, English, and speech communication. > \nThe 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.\n\n 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 others become exercises in practical criti.