Rhetorical affect in early modern writing : Renaissance passions reconsidered / Robert Cockcroft.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cockcroft, Robert, 1939-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Emotions in literature.

Authors and readers--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Authors and readers.

Authors and readers--Great Britain--History--17th century.

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Rhetoric.

English language.

English language--Early modern--Rhetoric.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

History.

England.

Affect (Psychology).

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

ix, 209 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Emotive language is now best understood by combining the analytic techniques of classical rhetoric with current linguistic practices. With or without prompting, the "passions" of Renaissance culture can stir contrary feelings in today's readers, which are enlisted to validate a range of theorized responses. This book will use the "New Rhetoric" to open fresh perspectives on writers as diverse as Christopher Marlowe, Lucy Hutchinson, and Margaret Cavendish.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-203) and index.

ISBN:

0333802527

OCLC:

50023409