Rhetorics of Order/ordering Rhetorics in English Neoclassical LiteratureJohn Douglas Canfield, J. Paul Hunter University of Delaware Press, 1989 - 200 pages This collection of essays on the rhetorics of order in English neoclassical literature includes Rose A. Zimbardo's investigation of generic slippage between drama and novel in works by Dryden and Behn; Maynard Mack's analysis of Pope's enduring rhetorics of presentation; and Patricia Meyer Spacks's examination of the heroines of Clarissa and the Italian. |
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Page 177
... Walter's theories are right . Sounding more like Walter than at any other time in the whole nine volumes , Tristram explains an elaborate theory of animal spirits that ought to have accompanied the poor solitary ho- munculus on its ...
... Walter's theories are right . Sounding more like Walter than at any other time in the whole nine volumes , Tristram explains an elaborate theory of animal spirits that ought to have accompanied the poor solitary ho- munculus on its ...
Page 181
... Walter cannot complete the Tristra- paedia - works similarly . It shows Walter's system hard at work - and failing . Again Tristram seems to accept passively Walter's theory , and he subtly alters Walter's determinism to lay the blame ...
... Walter cannot complete the Tristra- paedia - works similarly . It shows Walter's system hard at work - and failing . Again Tristram seems to accept passively Walter's theory , and he subtly alters Walter's determinism to lay the blame ...
Page 189
... Walter's intellectual pretensions and his desire to turn life into a rational and orderly system , Walter remains unattractive , especially to academics and intellectuals , perhaps be- cause he is a parody of what we sometimes fear we ...
... Walter's intellectual pretensions and his desire to turn life into a rational and orderly system , Walter remains unattractive , especially to academics and intellectuals , perhaps be- cause he is a parody of what we sometimes fear we ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Poetical Injustice in Some Neglected Masterpieces | 23 |
The Late SeventeenthCentury Dilemma | 46 |
Copyright | |
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