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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... father , " functions as symbolic parent ; like a literal father , he should help the unfortunate . Ellena trusts in the parental role . But this powerful father , allied with Vivaldi's compara- bly powerful mother , seeks her ...
... father , " functions as symbolic parent ; like a literal father , he should help the unfortunate . Ellena trusts in the parental role . But this powerful father , allied with Vivaldi's compara- bly powerful mother , seeks her ...
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... father . My brother does it , quoth my uncle Toby , out of principle . In a family- way , I suppose , quoth Dr. Slop . - Pshaw ! -said my father , - ' tis not worth talking of . ( 2.12–13.133–34 ) Another conversation , only a little ...
... father . My brother does it , quoth my uncle Toby , out of principle . In a family- way , I suppose , quoth Dr. Slop . - Pshaw ! -said my father , - ' tis not worth talking of . ( 2.12–13.133–34 ) Another conversation , only a little ...
Page 191
... father , if a child was but fairly begot , and born alive , and healthy , and the mother did well after it . -our forefathers never looked further . My uncle Toby instantly withdrew his hand from off my father's knee . ( 3.6.192-93 ) He ...
... father , if a child was but fairly begot , and born alive , and healthy , and the mother did well after it . -our forefathers never looked further . My uncle Toby instantly withdrew his hand from off my father's knee . ( 3.6.192-93 ) He ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Poetical Injustice in Some Neglected Masterpieces | 23 |
The Late SeventeenthCentury Dilemma | 46 |
Copyright | |
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