On EloquenceYale University Press, 1 окт. 2008 г. - Всего страниц: 208 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 Donoghues 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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... tree / No woodland brought forth such a leaf, a flower, a shoot; / Sweet tree sustain- ing a sweet burden with a sweet nail.”4 When I was informally promoted to the rank of soloist, I brought my ardent boy soprano voice to the Stabat ...
... tree / No woodland brought forth such a leaf, a flower, a shoot; / Sweet tree sustain- ing a sweet burden with a sweet nail.”4 When I was informally promoted to the rank of soloist, I brought my ardent boy soprano voice to the Stabat ...
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... , or blue promontory With trees upon ' t , that nod unto the world , And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants . Eros : Ay , my lord . Antony : That The Latin Factor / 29.
... , or blue promontory With trees upon ' t , that nod unto the world , And mock our eyes with air : thou hast seen these signs ; They are black vesper's pageants . Eros : Ay , my lord . Antony : That The Latin Factor / 29.
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... trees, like emperors, nod unto the world and mock our eyes with air: they are themselves the pag- eants so long as they hold their proclaimed form. But they, too, dissolve, leaving not a rack behind. Anglo-Saxon bears witness to their ...
... trees, like emperors, nod unto the world and mock our eyes with air: they are themselves the pag- eants so long as they hold their proclaimed form. But they, too, dissolve, leaving not a rack behind. Anglo-Saxon bears witness to their ...
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