| The Rhetoric of Berkeley's Philosophy Contributor(s): Walmsley, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521028035 ISBN-13: 9780521028035 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Whereas previous studies have made George Berkeley (1685-1753) the object of philosophical study, Peter Walmsley assesses Berkeley as a writer, offering rhetorical and literary analyses of Berkeley's four major philosophical texts, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, Alciphron, and Siris. Berkeley emerges from this study as an accomplished stylist who builds structures of affective imagery, creates dramatic voices in his texts, and masters the range of philosophical genres--the treatise, the dialogue, and the essay. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 192 |
| LCCN: 89022385 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature a |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |