Rhetoric, science, & magic in seventeenth-century England /
[Book]
Ryan J. Stark
Washington, D.C. :
The Catholic University of America Press,
c2009
vii, 234 p. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index
Introduction: the new plainness -- Charmed and plain tropes -- Language reform in the late seventeenth century -- Natural magic -- Demonic eloquence -- Meric Casaubon on rhetorical enthusiasm -- John Dryden, new philosophy, and rhetoric -- Conclusion: the importance of philosophy of rhetoric
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Rhetoric, science, and magic in seventeenth-century England
English language-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- Rhetoric
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism
Literature and science-- England-- History-- 17th century