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Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stark, Ryan J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2009]
Subjects:
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Rhetoric.
Rhetoric > Philosophy > History > 17th century.
Occultism > England > History > 17th century.
Literature and science > England > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the new plainness
  • Charmed and plain tropes
  • Language reform in the late seventeenth century
  • Natural magic
  • Demonic eloquence
  • Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm
  • John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric
  • Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric.