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 106
... claim that Pope writes either well or badly about women or to inquire from what personal experi- ences or impulsions his attitudes may spring . I wish simply to register that he is something of a pioneer in this matter , as he is also ...
... claim that Pope writes either well or badly about women or to inquire from what personal experi- ences or impulsions his attitudes may spring . I wish simply to register that he is something of a pioneer in this matter , as he is also ...
Page 123
... claims to praise , nor much to compassion . She seems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable " -far ... claim that the Lady is too pure , too fine , too feeling for this world , and therefore she is indeed deserving of the ...
... claims to praise , nor much to compassion . She seems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable " -far ... claim that the Lady is too pure , too fine , too feeling for this world , and therefore she is indeed deserving of the ...
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... claim of the uncle / nephew relationship , and my uncle Toby's repeated in- sistence on his total lack of knowledge of women may also be read as protesting too much : he claims he doesn't know the right from the wrong end of a woman ...
... claim of the uncle / nephew relationship , and my uncle Toby's repeated in- sistence on his total lack of knowledge of women may also be read as protesting too much : he claims he doesn't know the right from the wrong end of a woman ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Poetical Injustice in Some Neglected Masterpieces | 23 |
The Late SeventeenthCentury Dilemma | 46 |
Copyright | |
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