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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... story , as found in Otway or Rowe or eventually , in somewhat altered form , in Richardson . 11 Such lurid stories ... story of the Unfortunate Lady but then reneges . There is an inevitable frustration here as the poet indicates that ...
... story , as found in Otway or Rowe or eventually , in somewhat altered form , in Richardson . 11 Such lurid stories ... story of the Unfortunate Lady but then reneges . There is an inevitable frustration here as the poet indicates that ...
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... story she tells is undeniably Clarissa's story , but who , now , is Clarissa ? A woman whose heart impels her unerringly toward rectitude , or an “ unhappy creature [ i.e. , created being ] ” helpless to find the good ? A self focused ...
... story she tells is undeniably Clarissa's story , but who , now , is Clarissa ? A woman whose heart impels her unerringly toward rectitude , or an “ unhappy creature [ i.e. , created being ] ” helpless to find the good ? A self focused ...
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... story is known by everyone but Tristram and that his role of scribe and interpreter is doomed to failure by his own ... story , and name , Tristram is clearly the man on whom attention ( and anxiety ) center . But what other arms might ...
... story is known by everyone but Tristram and that his role of scribe and interpreter is doomed to failure by his own ... story , and name , Tristram is clearly the man on whom attention ( and anxiety ) center . But what other arms might ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Poetical Injustice in Some Neglected Masterpieces | 23 |
The Late SeventeenthCentury Dilemma | 46 |
Copyright | |
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