On EloquenceYale University Press, 2008 - Всего страниц: 199 "On Eloquence" questions the common assumption that eloquence is merely a subset of rhetoric, a means toward a rhetorical end. Denis Donoghue, an eminent and prolific critic of the English language, holds that this assumption is erroneous. While rhetoric is the use of language to persuade people to do one thing rather than another, Donoghue maintains that eloquence is gratuitous, ideally autonomous, in speech and writing an upsurge of creative vitality for its own sake. He offers many instances of eloquence in words, and suggests the forms our appreciation of them should take.Donoghue argues persuasively that eloquence matters, that we should indeed care about it. Because we should care about any instances of freedom, independence, creative force, "sprezzatura," he says, especially when we liveperhaps this is increasingly the casein a culture of the same, featuring official attitudes, stereotypes of the officially enforced values, sedated language, a politics of pacification. A noteworthy addition to Donoghue s long-term project to reclaim a disinterested appreciation of literature "as literature," this volume is a wise and pleasurable meditation on eloquence, its unique ability to move or give pleasure, and its intrinsic value." |
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... live by an invisible Sun within us " -his rhetorical ques- tions and exempla : To be namelesse in worthy deeds exceeds an in- famous history . The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name , than Herodias with one . And who ...
... live by an invisible Sun within us " -his rhetorical ques- tions and exempla : To be namelesse in worthy deeds exceeds an in- famous history . The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name , than Herodias with one . And who ...
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... lives that burnt the Temple of Diana , he is almost lost that built it ; Time hath spared the Epi- taph of Adrians horse ... live as long as Agamemnon . Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or whether there be not more remarkable ...
... lives that burnt the Temple of Diana , he is almost lost that built it ; Time hath spared the Epi- taph of Adrians horse ... live as long as Agamemnon . Who knows whether the best of men be known ? or whether there be not more remarkable ...
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... live . Why he no longer wanted to live is open to any reader's speculation . If the mess I have made of my life is comprehensive , I may have no further interest in living . The effect of the lawyer's " With kings and counselors " is to ...
... live . Why he no longer wanted to live is open to any reader's speculation . If the mess I have made of my life is comprehensive , I may have no further interest in living . The effect of the lawyer's " With kings and counselors " is to ...
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