Rhetoric and the familiar in Francis Bacon and John Donne / Daniel Derrin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Derrin, Daniel, 1980-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English language.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Literary style.

Bacon, Francis.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Literary style.

Donne, John.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Knowledge--Psychology.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Knowledge--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rhetoric and the Familiar examines the rhetorical practice of Francis Bacon and John Donne in both their writing and public speaking. It explores how their rhetorical planning negotiates the need both to use and combat familiar ideas, images, and emotions, when engaging different audiences. The book's main selling points are that it explores well-known texts from the neglected angle of faculty psychology. Its ability to illuminate familiar ground in an important but neglected way will be its main selling point in the academic market.

Contents:

Making mental images: an enargetic rhetoric

Reasoning from place to place: a thetical rhetoric

Passion and perception: a tropical rhetoric

Project-Bacon gaining properly quiet entry

Project-Donne: getting properly included

Conclusion : rhetorical style and the familiar.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-68393-939-5

1-61147-604-6

OCLC:

842500441