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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Shore, Daniel (1980-....)
Titre(s) : Milton and the art of rhetoric [Texte imprimé] / Daniel Shore
Publication : Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xi, 203 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Milton in the public sphere ; Constraint as a means of persuasion ; Becoming a supplement
; Why Milton is not an iconoclast ; The uses of trembling ; Instrumental reason
and Imitatio Christi ; Epilogue: the threat of Samson Agonistes.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Challenging the conventional view of John Milton as an iconoclast who spoke only
to a 'fit audience through few', Daniel Shore argues that Milton was a far more pragmatic
writer than previous scholarship has recognized. Summoning evidence from nearly all
of his works - poetry and prose alike - Shore asserts that Milton distanced himself
from the prescriptions of classical rhetoric to develop new means of persuasion suited
to an age distrustful of traditional eloquence. Shore demonstrates that Milton's renunciation
of agency, audience, purpose and effect in the prose tracts leads not to quietism
or withdrawal, but rather to a reasserted investment in public debate. Shore reveals
a writer who is committed to persuasion and yet profoundly critical of his own persuasive
strategies. An innovative contribution to the field, this text will appeal to scholars
of Milton, seventeenth-century literature, Renaissance literature and the history
and theory of rhetoric"--
Sujet(s) : Milton, John (1608-1674) -- Critique et interprétation
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107021501 (hardback). - ISBN 1107021502 (hardback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42746462w
Notice n° :
FRBNF42746462
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