RecordNumber
6890
Title
In defence of rhetoric
Author Statement
Brian Vickers
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press , Oxford : Clarendon Press
Publication Year
2002, ©1998
Collation
xi, 508 pages : ill
Notes
"A spirited effort to restore the importance of rhetoric, this book examines its early development in the classical era, its triumph during the Renaissance, and its subsequent decline. While acknowledging rhetoricʹs general loss of prestige, the author asserts its value in modern times as an indispensable vehicle for style and thought in the work of Joyce, Orwell, Jarrell, and others, and concludes by surveying Read more...
Subject
Rhetoric
Main class
808
Sub class
.042
ISBN
9780198117919