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Rhetorical Affect in Early Modern Writing : Renaissance Passions Reconsidered by Robert Cockcroft (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Rhetorical Affect in Early Modern Writing : Renaissance Passions Reconsidered about?

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.

Who reads Rhetorical Affect in Early Modern Writing : Renaissance Passions Reconsidered?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Robert Cockcroft (auth.)
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9780230005945
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Literary Criticism, Linguistics, History

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